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Congress, AAP opposing new job law as it tackles corruption, says Jakhar | Chandigarh News

Congress, AAP opposing new job law as it tackles corruption, says Jakhar | Chandigarh News

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The BJP’s Punjab unit will launch a campaign from Fazilka on January 7 to raise awareness among the public about the VB-G RAM G Act, party chief chief Sunil Jakhar Saturday said. “The government of India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has always followed the policy of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ (Together with all, development for all), and this scheme has been designed in line with the same policy for the welfare of the poor,” Jakhar said. The move comes days after the Punjab Vidhan Sabha passed a resolution against theViksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM G) Act, accusing the BJP-led Centre of “taking away” the livelihoods of the poor and Dalit labourers by scrapping UP-era MGNREGA under a “deliberate conspiracy”. The House had recommended that the Punjab government seek from the Centre to restore the MGNREGA to its original right-based form immediately. Batting for the new law, Jakhar said, “ While the government has increased the number of guaranteed employment days for the beneficiaries from 100 …

MHA clarifies stand on Constitution amendment Bill on Chandigarh, Sunil Jakhar assures Punjab’s interests will be protected | Chandigarh News

MHA clarifies stand on Constitution amendment Bill on Chandigarh, Sunil Jakhar assures Punjab’s interests will be protected | Chandigarh News

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Amid rising political furore in Punjab over the proposed Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill on Chandigarh, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) clarified on Sunday that the proposal to “simplify the process of lawmaking for the Union Territory” was still under consideration and that no final decision had been taken. The ministry wrote in a post on X, “The proposal to simplify the process of law-making for the Union Territory of Chandigarh is currently under consideration at the level of the Central Government. No final decision has been taken on this proposal. The proposal does not, in any way, intend to change the governance or administrative arrangement of Chandigarh, nor does it seek to alter the traditional relationship of Chandigarh with Punjab or Haryana. Any decision will be taken only after adequate consultation with all stakeholders, keeping the interests of Chandigarh in mind. There is no need for concern regarding this matter. The Central Government has no intention of introducing any bill on this subject in the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament.” The proposal only to …

‘Pass the draft state agriculture policy’: Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar challenges CM Mann | Chandigarh News

‘Pass the draft state agriculture policy’: Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar challenges CM Mann | Chandigarh News

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Reacting to the rejection of the Draft National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing (NPFAM) by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha in the recently concluded session, state BJP president Sunil Jakhar Saturday challenged Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to pass the draft agriculture policy formulated by the state government in 2023. Addressing media persons in Panchkula, Jakhar said, “If NPFAM is not up to the mark, then… what is stopping the Punjab CM from implementing the draft state policy?” “The state policy suggests setting up an Agriculture Cost and Price Commission for all crops… so they (state government) must set up this Commission as farmers are seeking MSP (Minimum Support Price)… the Punjab CM had called a special session to reject NPFAM, so he should now call another session to implement their agriculture policy…” he added. Story continues below this ad It needs to be mentioned here that the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has given a call for a one-week long dharna in Chandigarh from March 5 demanding the rejection of NPFAM. SKM leaders have opposed the NPFAM …

Sunil Jakhar urges JP Nadda, Amit Shah to relieve him from Punjab BJP chief post – India TV

Sunil Jakhar urges JP Nadda, Amit Shah to relieve him from Punjab BJP chief post – India TV

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Image Source : ANI Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sunil Jakhar on Thursday said that he has requested party national chief JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah to relieve him from the post over the dismal performance of the saffron party in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Jakhar, while speaking to reporters, said, ” I have requested JP Nadda sahib and Home Minister Amit Shah sahib also to relieve me from my responsibilities (as state BJP president) as we could not get any seats in Punjab in the Lok Sabha elections….” The BJP, under Jakhar’s leadership, could not win even a single seat in Punjab in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the saffron party had won two seats – Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur. A month ago, several media reports claimed that Jakhar offered his resignation from the post in the party, taking responsibility for the debacle in the state in the General Elections. However, the BJP leadership had rejected the reports about his quitting the post.    The …

Emergency meeting of Punjab BJP unit underway, state party chief Sunil Jakhar absent | Chandigarh News

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Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar has given the emergency meeting of the state party unit being held at Chandigarh on Monday a miss. Vijay Rupani, the party in-charge of Punjab and Chandigarh, is chairing the meeting. This development came a couple of days after news of Jakhar’s purported resignation hit the headlines but the BJP had then denied the reports. Rupani, too, denied that Jakhar was resigning and told media persons that the Punjab BJP chief was in Delhi to attend some party-related activities. Pritpal Singh Baliawal, state BJP spokesperson, told The Indian Express, “Monday’s meeting was a planned one to discuss the upcoming panchayat polls, bypolls and local body polls. Vijay Rupaniji is chairing this meeting. We will also be reviewing the first phase of the membership drive which is ending on Monday. The second phase will start from Tuesday.” He added that Jakhar will reach the state in three to four days. Sources said that Jakhar held a meeting with BJP national president J P Nadda recently and conveyed to him that he …

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar ‘resigns’ | Chandigarh News

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Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar has reportedly resigned ahead of the panchayat elections on October 15, although no official confirmation has been made. Jakhar himself is not responding to calls. His personal assistant, Sanjeev Trika, told The Indian Express that there is “nothing like this,” adding that Jakhar has simply been busy and less active recently. Sources in BJP high command confirmed that Jakhar has expressed his unwillingness to work as state party president, saying that he is unable to work freely in the state. Following the Lok Sabha elections, Jakhar had noticeably reduced his involvement in state politics. His last public appearance was on September 3 at a BJP state meeting in Chandigarh, which marked the start of the party’s membership drive. Jakhar had previously resigned from the Congress in May 2022, where he had served as the state president, before joining the BJP later that same month. By July 4, 2022, he was appointed as the BJP’s Punjab president. There has been discontent within the BJP, with long-standing members reportedly unhappy about the …

Sunil Jakhar resigns as Punjab state BJP president ahead of Panchayat elections in state latest updates – India TV

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Image Source : PTI (FILE) Sunil Jakhar. Punjab news: The Punjab president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunil Kumar Jakhar has resigned as the state chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), just over a year after he was named to lead the party in the state. The state BJP has been rendered headless ahead of the panchayat elections on October 15. The high command has not yet accepted his resignation yet. He did not attend a crucial meeting of the state BJP to discuss and finalise the party’s strategy for the upcoming panchayat elections. Sunil Jakhar is maintaining distance from important meetings of the state executive. Panchayat elections in Punjab  Elections to over 13,000 gram panchayats in Punjab will be held on October 15, the State Election Commission (SEC) said. Punjab State Election Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhuri said that with the announcement of the election schedule, the model code of conduct for the gram panchayat elections has come into force with immediate effect. According to the election schedule, the filing of nominations will commence …

Simarjeet Singh Bains gets back at Ludhiana BJP pick Ravneet Singh Bittu with audio of his ‘criticism’ of Sunil Jakhar, other leaders | Chandigarh News

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Days after joining the Congress, former MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains has dropped an audio bomb on the BJP’s candidate in Ludhiana, Ravneet Singh Bittu, by releasing the recording of a phone call where the latter purportedly hits out at senior leaders of both the parties for opposing Bains’s entry. In the purported phone call recording released on Saturday evening, Bittu also tells Bains in Punjabi, “One thing I tell you, such is their state of affairs (in BJP) that the prime minister hugs those who approach them even wearing fake turbans.” Bittu, a three-time MP, was formerly with the Congress. Bains, a two-time former MLA from Atam Nagar of Ludhiana, was the chief of his own Lok Insaaf Party. He contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls against Bittu and secured the second-highest number of votes. However, in 2022 he was booked in a rape case. Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, he was in talks with both the BJP and the Congress to merge his party but several leaders from both parties were opposing …

AAP’s Former Lok Sabha Candidate From West Delhi Balbir Jakhar Joins BJP

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Mr Jakhar contested from the West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency on AAP ticket in 2019 New Delhi: Balbir Jakhar, a former Lok Sabha candidate of the AAP, on Tuesday joined the BJP along with his supporters ahead of the parliamentary polls expected in April-May. Mr Jakhar contested from the West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency on a ticket of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the 2019 polls. He lost to BJP’s Parvesh Verma. Senior Delhi BJP leaders, including state president Virendra Sachdeva, welcomed Jakhar on his joining at an event at the party office. The BJP is a party where the workers are given top attention and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s welfare policies are reaching everyone without discrimination which was not possible in any other government, Mr Jakhar said. Mr Sachdeva said Prime Minister Modi’s commitment is to promote every section of the society and women, and added that he has shown it. He said that the progress made in empowering women in the last 10 years is remarkable, as seen in this year’s Republic …