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Chairman’s wife, advocate linked with previous govts made Punjab’s info commissioners | Chandigarh News

Chairman’s wife, advocate linked with previous govts made Punjab’s info commissioners | Chandigarh News

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab on Monday appointed Pooja Gupta, wife of the Vice Chairman of the Punjab Economic Policy and Planning Board, and Harpreet Singh Sandhu, an advocate associated with previous governments, as State Information Commissioners (SIC). Pooja Gupta, a Chandigarh resident, is a social worker, philanthropist, and educationist. She holds a commerce degree and a postgraduate degree from Panjab University. Her husband, Sunil Gupta, a leading chartered accountant, currently holds a cabinet rank in the Punjab government and serves as the Vice Chairman of the Punjab Economic Policy and Planning Board. He was appointed to this position after the AAP government assumed office. Harpreet Singh Sandhu, an advocate, served as Chairman of Punjab Information Technology and Communication Technology Corporation Limited (INFOTECH) under former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi in November 2021. In January 2023, Sandhu was honoured at the state-level Republic Day function in Jalandhar by the then Governor Banwari Lal Purohit for his contributions to Punjab’s tourism sector. A practicing attorney specialising in International Law and Relations, Sandhu has …

Suspended Congress MP Preneet Kaur, Wife Of Amarinder Singh, Joins BJP

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INDIA allies Congress and the AAP are contesting separately in Punjab. Chandigarh: Continuing to strengthen its ranks weeks before the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP has inducted Preneet Kaur, suspended Congress MP and wife of former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, into the party. Ms Kaur is the MP from Patiala and is likely to contest from the seat on a BJP ticket this time.  After stepping down as the chief minister in 2021, Mr Singh had formed the Punjab Lok Congress and then merged it with the BJP the following year. Ms Kaur was suspended from the Congress in February last year for “anti-party activities” that were helping the BJP.  Joining the BJP on Thursday in the presence of National General Secretaries Vinod Tawde and Tarun Chugh and the party’s Punjab chief Sunil Jakhar, who was also in the Congress earlier, Ms Kaur praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his contribution to the country’s development.  “I am happy that I am joining the BJP today. In the past 25 years, I have worked in …

Amarinder Singh’s Dig At Bhagwant Mann

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Capt Amarinder Singh spoke exclusively to NDTV in Chandigarh. Chandigarh: Punjab’s former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said he “does not understand” who exactly is running the state since the AAP took power. “First I need to know who the chief minister is: Bhagwant Mann or Raghav Chadha,” said Capt Singh, a former Congress leader who recently joined the BJP.  Speaking exclusively to NDTV at the ‘Sadda Punjab’ conclave in Chandigarh on Saturday, he claimed, “Officers tell me all the files go to Raghav Chadha, who approves and sends them back to Bhagwant Mann, so that he can formally put his signatures. Is this the way to do things? This must be the first such instance in India.” #SaddaPunjab | “Don’t know who is running Punjab”: Former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to NDTV pic.twitter.com/DunItgdinL — NDTV (@ndtv) December 17, 2022 He said the “downfall” of the AAP government, in power since March, “has begun already, when usually people take a year or two before judging a new government”. On allegations that he, as chief minister, took …