Punjab Assembly

AAP Leaders Hold Protest Against Punjab Minister 

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 5, 2019

Several AAP leaders, including Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Harpal Singh Cheema, were detained by police on Tuesday when they were going to ''gherao'' the residence of state minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu.

AAP Seeks Sukhpal Khaira's Disqualification From Punjab Assembly

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 16, 2019

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders met the Punjab Assembly Speaker today, seeking disqualification of Sukhpal Singh Khaira as a lawmaker -- days after the rebel legislator formed his own party.

AAP Lawmaker Resigns, Second In Days, Calls Arvind Kejriwal "Dictatorial"

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday January 16, 2019

Another Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from Punjab, Baldev Singh, on Wednesday resigned from the primary membership of the party, citing "autocratic functioning", "double standards" and giving up the party's basic ideology and principles.

Punjab Assembly Passes Resolution Urging Centre For Women's Reservation

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 15, 2018

The Punjab Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Central government to enact the Women's Reservation Bill to provide 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and state legislative assemblies.

AAP Lawmaker HS Phoolka Urges Punjab Assembly Speaker To Accept His Resignation

Chandigarh News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 11, 2018

It was earlier believed that HS Phoolka had not submitted the resignation in a proper format. The AAP leader had stepped down to press for immediate action against those accused in the sacrilege cases that rocked the state in 2015.

AAP Lawmaker HS Phoolka Resigns From Punjab Assembly

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 12, 2018

Aam Aadmi Party MLA HS Phoolka Friday resigned as a legislator from the Punjab Assembly, expressing unhappiness over the state government's alleged "failure" to initiate action against former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and retired DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in sacrilege incidents.

AAP Legislator HS Phoolka To Quit Punjab Assembly

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday October 11, 2018

Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and legislator HS Phoolka has said he will resign from the Punjab assembly on Friday.

Navjot Sidhu Should Be Charged For Promoting Drug Use: Haryana Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 3, 2018

Haryana minister Anil Vij on Wednesday demanded a case against Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for allegedly "promoting" drug use. Mr Vij made the demand to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh saying he should either order an FIR against his Cabinet colleague or quit as he had led the Congress to win the Punjab assembly polls last year by maki...

Congress Must Protect Interests Of Party Workers To Win 2019: Manish Tewari

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 3, 2018

Citing Congress' comprehensive win in the Punjab Assembly polls, former Union Minister Manish Tewari on Sunday said the rights and interests of the party workers must be protected to ensure victory in the 2019 general elections.

AAP In Turmoil In Punjab, Top Leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira Sacked

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Thursday July 26, 2018

Sukhpal Singh Khaira, the leader of opposition in the Punjab Assembly was sacked from the post today in a desperate effort by the Aam Aadmi Party leadership to control factionalism in the state unit.

Punjab Cabinet To Be Expanded, 9 New Ministers To Take Oath Tomorrow

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 20, 2018

Nine new cabinet ministers are set to take oath tomorrow in Punjab, after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi approved their names in a meeting with state chief minister Amarinder Singh.

Pakistan's Punjab Assembly Passes Historic Bill Regulating Sikh Marriages

World News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 14, 2018

A provincial assembly in Pakistan today created history by unanimously passing a bill that will provide legal status to Sikh marriages in the Muslim-majority country.

Law Ministry Silent On Poll Panel Query Whether PIOs Can Campaign In Indian Elections

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 18, 2018

Will people of Indian origin violate any law or visa rule if they campaign in elections in the country? The law ministry has maintained silence on this question posed by the Election Commission after the Punjab assembly elections.

Presidential Election 2017: AAP MLA HS Phoolka Only One In Punjab Not To Cast Vote

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 17, 2017

Aam Aadmi Party's HS Phoolka was the only MLA in the 117-member Punjab Assembly not to cast his vote for the presidential election today while in Haryana all the 90 legislators exercised their franchise.

AAP's HS Phoolka Quits As Punjab Leader Of Opposition

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday July 12, 2017

Senior lawyer and AAP legislator HS Phoolka on Tuesday resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly to be able to continue to fight cases of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims in courts.