Punjab Assembly

Suspension Of 10 Akali MLAs Over Disruption Of Punjab Assembly Proceedings Revoked

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 9, 2021

Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana K P Singh on Monday revoked the suspension of 10 Shiromani Akali Dal legislators who were suspended for disrupting the proceedings of the House on Friday.

Amarinder Singh Orders Immediate Action On 7-Point Agenda 2022

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday March 7, 2021

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday directed all state departments to move aggressively for the realisation of the 7-point ''Agenda 2022'' unveiled by him recently.

Punjab Assembly Passes Resolution Seeking Unconditional Withdrawal Of Farm Laws

India News | ANI | Friday March 5, 2021

Punjab Assembly on Friday passed a resolution seeking unconditional withdrawal of the three contentious farm laws by the Centre.

Akali Dal MLAs Suspended From Punjab Assembly For Remaining Budget Session

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday March 5, 2021

Members of the Shiromani Akali Dal were on Friday suspended for the remaining part of the Budget session of the Punjab Assembly for disrupting the proceedings of the House.

Amarinder Singh Turns To Prashant Kishor Again, Gives Him Cabinet Rank

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday March 1, 2021

Four years after helping the Congress win in Punjab, Prashant Kishor has returned to the state, signing on as "principal advisor" to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who tweeted to say the two would "work for the betterment of the people"

Only AAP Can Take Punjab On Path Of Progress: Party MLA Raghav Chadha

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday January 1, 2021

Only the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) can take Punjab on the path of progress and it will form the government in the state with a "landslide victory" in the 2022 assembly elections, party leader Raghav Chadha said on Friday.

BJP To Contest All 117 Seats In 2022 Punjab Assembly Polls

India News | ANI | Tuesday November 17, 2020

Nearly two months after BJP's long-term ally in Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) broke away from the NDA over the contentious farm laws, party General Secretary Tarun Chugh announced that the Bharatiya Janata Party will contest all 117 Assembly constituencies in the 2022 state polls on its own.

"Can State Change Centre's Law?": Arvind Kejriwal To Amarinder Singh

India News | Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Thursday October 22, 2020

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today attacked the new farm laws passed by the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday, calling them "counterfeit" and saying the people of Punjab had been fooled.

Centre Will Deliberate On Resolution Passed By Punjab Assembly: Agriculture Minister

India News | ANI | Wednesday October 21, 2020

The Central government will deliberate on the resolution passed by the Punjab Assembly against the Farm Acts and will take a decision in the interest of farmers, Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Tuesday.

Punjab Chief Minister Moves Resolution In Assembly Against Centre's New Farm Laws

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 20, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today moved a resolution in the state assembly against the contentious farm laws enacted by the Centre recently.

Congress's Navjot Sidhu Targets Punjab Again On Minimum Support Price

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Debanish Achom | Monday October 19, 2020

On the day the Punjab government was planning to table a bill in the assembly to blunt the effects of the centre's new farm laws, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu criticised his party's government in the state for a second time for its crop procurement model and "lack" of storage and marketing abilities.

Punjab Aam Aadmi Party MLAs Spend Night In Assembly Over Farm Bill

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Debanish Achom | Tuesday October 20, 2020

MLAs of the opposition Aam Aadmi Party spent the night in the state legislative assembly building in protest against the Captain Amarinder Singh government not sharing the draft of a new law on agriculture.

Congress Leader Attended Punjab Assembly Session Despite Being COVID-19 +ve: Akali Dal

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 30, 2020

The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday alleged that Congress MLA Kulbir Singh Zira put the lives of other legislators at risk by attending the Assembly session despite being coronavirus positive.

23 Punjab MLAs Test Covid Positive 2 Days Before Assembly Session Begins

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Debanish Achom | Wednesday August 26, 2020

Twenty-three MLAs and ministers in Punjab have tested positive for coronavirus till today and only two days are left for the assembly session to start, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has said.

"Not An Inch Due": Punjab Rejects Harayan's Claim On Assembly Building

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 27, 2020

Haryana Speaker Gian Chand Gupta said the state has not been given its full share in the assembly building since its creation over 50 years ago, a charge refuted by his Punjab counterpart Rana KP Singh who claimed that ''not an inch was due''.