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CM Bhagwant Mann alcohol row, trust vote win: Punjab assembly sees action-packed day

CM Bhagwant Mann alcohol row, trust vote win: Punjab assembly sees action-packed day

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Punjab assembly on Friday experienced an action-packed day with ruckus over the Opposition’s demand for Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann‘s alcohol test and a ‘unanimous’ motion being passed expressing confidence in the CM-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, just months before elections are due in the state early next year. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann speaks in the State Assembly, in Chandigarh on Friday. (ANI Video Grab ) The motion was brought by the Mann government after six Rajya Sabha MPs from Punjab, led by Raghav Chadha, switched from AAP to the BJP. The seventh AAP MP to switch was Swati Maliwal from Delhi. “A few rumours have created some confusion among the general public. This Confidence Motion has been brought to clear all that confusion,” CM Mann said while speaking after his government won the trust vote. Speaking about the recent desertion of Rajya Sabha members, Mann said, “When a broom is used to clean the dirt, few bristles come out, but it doesn’t affect the broom.” The motion was boycotted by the entire …

‘6.6% votes, 86% seats by force’: BJP sees Rajya Sabha seats spike in Punjab, but assembly polls remain a challenge

‘6.6% votes, 86% seats by force’: BJP sees Rajya Sabha seats spike in Punjab, but assembly polls remain a challenge

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When six of AAP’s seven Punjab Rajya Sabha MPs walked into the BJP last week, they handed the party something it had never achieved in Punjab through elections alone — a dominant presence in the Upper House of Parliament from a state it has never won on its own. Assembly elections are next due in about 10 months. Rajya Sabha MPs Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal being escorted into the BJP HQ by the party’s senior leader Tarun Chugh, in New Delhi last week. (ANI Video Grab) The numbers are stark. In the 2022 Punjab assembly elections, the BJP secured 6.6% of the vote and won two of 117 seats, when the AAP won 92 and removed the Congress from power. This was after decades that the BJP was not in alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). The Congress got 18 seats, the SAD just three, with the BJP following with two, and the rest of smaller parties or independents. The BJP thus sent no Rajya Sabha members from Punjab. Its prominent …

Punjab Vidhan Sabha clears three Bills | Chandigarh News

Punjab Vidhan Sabha clears three Bills | Chandigarh News

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The Punjab Vidhan Sabha Tuesday passed the Punjab Abadi Deh (Record of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2025, Indian Stamp (Punjab Second Amendment) Bill, 2025, and the Punjab Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill, 2025. The Bills were passed during the one-day special session called to pass a resolution against the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM G). Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian said the amendment to the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 rationalises stamp duty related to deposit of title deeds, hypothecation and equitable mortgage by removing duplication of levy for the same loan transaction. The Punjab Abadi Deh Bill reduces timelines for objections and appeals will speed up implementation of “Mera Ghar Mere Naam” Scheme, ensuring timely ownership rights to residents of ‘Abadi Deh’ areas, he said. The minister said amendments to the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 will expedite disposal of cases before revenue authorities, prevent unnecessary summoning of non-litigants and accord legal sanctity to digital records and digital signatures. He said the move will reduce hardship for …

Punjab Assembly: House pays homage to four Sahibzadas

Punjab Assembly: House pays homage to four Sahibzadas

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Chandigarh, The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday paid homage to the unparalleled ‘Shaheedi’ of the four Sahibzadas, sons of tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Goind Singh. Punjab Assembly: House pays homage to four Sahibzadas The Assembly paid tributes to Baba Ajit Singh, Baba Jujhar Singh, Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh, and also remembered Mata Gujri, Baba Jivan Singh, Baba Sangat Singh and Diwan Todar Mal. During the one-day special session of the Vidhan Sabha, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said these supreme sacrifices teach society never to bow before oppression and to stand firm for principles, while noting that the Punjab government had duly commemorated the 350th Shaheedi Diwas of Guru Tegh Bahadur with full dignity and preparation. Participating in the discussion during the state assembly, Mann said that the great sacrifices of the Sahibzadas hold a unique place in the history of the entire humanity. “Though the Sahibzadas were martyred at a very young age, their supreme sacrifice inspires us even today to not bow before injustice or oppression of the tyrannical rulers. These …

Punjab Assembly passed three Bills | Latest News India

Punjab Assembly passed three Bills | Latest News India

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Chandigarh, The Punjab Assembly on Friday passed three bills, including the Transfer of Prisoners Bill, 2025, which is aimed at transferring undertrial prisoners from one state to another. Punjab Assembly passed three Bills On the concluding day of the Budget Session here, Jails Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar moved the Transfer of Prisoners Bill, 2025 in the House. Punjab being a border state is confronting severe internal security challenges and various jails currently house high-risk inmates, including those involved in anti-national activities, individuals linked with international agencies, terrorists, category ‘A’ gangsters, smugglers and dangerous criminals, who attempt to operate their criminal networks from within prisons, said Bhullar in a statement. The minister said that amending the Prisoners Transfer Act of 1950 had become imperative to establish a legal mechanism for transferring undertrial prisoners between states. “The existing legislation lacked provisions allowing Punjab’s imprisoned undertrials to be relocated to jails in other states,” he noted. Bhullar said that these amendments were crucial, considering the potential threats to law and order and the state’s security and to ensure …

Punjab Assembly passes Bill to control spread of illegal colonies

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann speaks during the ongoing session of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. | Photo Credit: PTI The Punjab State Assembly on Tuesday (September 3, 3034) passed the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2024, to control the spread of illegal colonies in the State. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the amendment aims to ensure control over illegal colonies besides providing relief to small plotholders. “It will serve as a major reprieve for the common man as this amendment aims to overcome problems faced by the public in registration of their plots and check the development of unauthorised colonies. The amendment stipulates penalties and punishment for offenders. He added that it was a historic decision aimed at the wellbeing of the common man,” he said in the House, winding up the discussion. Hitting out at previous governments, including the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal, he said that successive governments had regularised illegal colonies three times even though every time regularisation included a clause that there would be no further amnesty. Mr. …

“Ever Sat With Gandhis?” Bhagwant Mann Fumes At State Congress Leader

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The AAP and the Congress, are allies in the INDIA bloc. Chandigarh: The Punjab Assembly on Monday witnessed chaotic scenes during the discussion on the state budget when Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann engaged in a heated argument with the Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa following the former’s request to the Governor to “lock” the opposition in the assembly. Before the beginning of the discussion on the budget, Chief Minister Mann handed over an envelope to the governor, stating that he had brought a gift for him. The envelope contained a lock and a key. The Chief Minister, then, asked the governor to lock the opposition inside the assembly, so that they could not “run away” during the discussion, which later triggered a heated argument between LoP Bajwa and the Chief Minister. #WATCH | Chandigarh: Amid the heated argument between Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and Congress MLA and LoP Partap Singh Bajwa in the state assembly, CM Bhagwant Mann says, “Who does Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi sit with? With me. …