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BJP’s blueprint for Punjab polls: Deras, Akal Takht, digital outreach | Political Pulse News

BJP’s blueprint for Punjab polls: Deras, Akal Takht, digital outreach | Political Pulse News

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A crack team working under BJP national president Nitin Nabin’s direct supervision, renewed outreach to thousands of deras across Punjab through the RSS-BJP network, and a campaign centred on drug abuse, law and order, national security and Central welfare schemes are expected to form the core of the BJP’s electoral strategy for Punjab, sources said. Key questions, however, remain unresolved ahead of the 2027 polls. These include whether the BJP will revive its alliance with former partner the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which broke ties with the party over the now-repealed farm laws in 2020, and how it plans to engage with the Akal Takht. Sources said BJP Nabin’s recently concluded three-day visit to the poll-bound state has laid the groundwork for what is likely to be the party’s most focused Punjab campaign in recent years. “The party’s work on Punjab began immediately after the West Bengal Assembly election results were announced last month. Outreach to deras, which influence a significant section of voters in the state, is already underway. The party will soon launch …

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann raises issue of six Rajya Sabha MPs joining BJP with Droupadi Murmu

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann raises issue of six Rajya Sabha MPs joining BJP with Droupadi Murmu

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann met with President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhawan on Tuesday to address the situation following the departure of six AAP Rajya Sabha MPs from the state, who left the party to join the BJP a week ago. MLAs from the ruling AAP congregated at Rail Bhawan, near Rashtrapati Bhawan, expressing their hope that the President would deliver justice for the party. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

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 …

Seechewal on why he did not exit AAP, remains its lone RS MP in Punjab| India News

Seechewal on why he did not exit AAP, remains its lone RS MP in Punjab| India News

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When seven Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MPs announced their merger with the BJP on Friday, six of them were from Punjab. One name from the state that AAP currently rules was conspicuously absent from the list. Balbir Singh Seechewal, the Padma Shri-winning environmentalist-spiritual leader from Jalandhar district, stayed put. He has now spoken about what he knew beforehand, and why he said no. AAP MP Balbir Singh Seechewal at Parliament in New Delhi in March 2026. (PTI) A call from Sahney: ‘Many have signed’ Seechewal told local media that he’d been directly approached before the defection. “Vikram Sahney called. He said they were forming an independent group, and many had signed on. He asked me to sign too,” Seechewal told at least two web channels on Saturday. “I said no. I had no desire for that,” he said. He also said Sahney told him that several members who’d signed included “the university one” — a reference to Ashok Kumar Mittal, founder of Lovely Professional University who flanked group leader Raghav Chadha, along with Sandeep …

AAP MP’s advice for party in Punjab as Raghav Chadha-led rebellion exposes cracks| India News

AAP MP’s advice for party in Punjab as Raghav Chadha-led rebellion exposes cracks| India News

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The rebellion of seven Rajya Sabha MPs, including Raghav Chadha, and their subsequent merger with the BJP, has exposed cracks within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). With state Assembly elections just months away, the rebellion of five Punjab MPs from Rajya Sabha has dealt a huge blow to the AAP that currently holds power only in Punjab. AAP Rajya Sabha MP, Raghav Chadha, along with Ashok Mittal and Sanjeev Pathak addresses a press conference at the Constitution Club of India in New Delhi. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/HT) As the party prepares to act against the Rajya Sabha MPs’ move, an AAP leader from Punjab has shares his advice for the party on communicating with lawmakers. Lok Sabha member Malvinder Singh Kang reportedly called for AAP’s better coordination and dialogue with MLAs, MPs and ministers in Punjab. Follow live updates on Raghav Chadha-led rebellion here. Kang, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Anandpur Sahib, said that AAP should have considered leaders from Punjab for the Rajya Sabha, reported news agency PTI. ‘Sandeep Pathak not contacted …

Nitin Nabin welcomes Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, others to BJP

Nitin Nabin welcomes Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, others to BJP

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BJP National President Nitin Nabin met and welcomed the Rajya Sabha MPs Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, and Ashok Mittal at the BJP Headquarters in Delhi after they joined the Bhartiya Janata Party. Taking it to X, Nabin on Friday extended warm wishes to all seven Members of the Parliament, encouraging them to work towards achieving the goal of “Viksit Bharat by 2047.” “Welcomed Raghav Chadha Ji, Sandeep Pathak Ji, and Ashok Mittal Ji to the BJP family at the Party HQ today. Also, best wishes to Harbhajan Singh Ji, Swati Maliwal Ji, Vikram Sahney Ji, and Rajinder Gupta Ji to work under the dynamic leadership of PM Shri @narendramodi Ji towards the goal of #ViksitBharat2047,” he wrote. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Three of seven AAP MPs join BJP. Where are the others Raghav Chadha named?| India News

Three of seven AAP MPs join BJP. Where are the others Raghav Chadha named?| India News

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AAP’s political crisis got messier on Friday. Seven of its Rajya Sabha MPs, led by Raghav Chadha, announced they were leaving the party. Chadha said all seven had merged with the BJP — but only a handful have clearly confirmed the move. The rest? Still not so clear. BJP national president Nitin Nabin, second right, meets Rajya Sabha members Raghav Chadha, right, Sandeep Pathak, left, and Ashok Mittal at the party’s headquarters, in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI) Dropping the big bomb, Chadha said the group had taken a collective decision. “We have decided that we, 2/3rd of members belonging to the AAP in Rajya Sabha, exercise the provisions of the Constitution of India and merge with the BJP,” he said at a press conference, seated alongside Sandeep Pathak. He added that all seven MPs had signed a letter and submitted it to the Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan. Of those named, three are clearly on record – Raghav Chadha, Pathak and Ashok Mittal, who had replaced Chadha as AAP’s Rajya Sabha deputy leader just …

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann calls defecting AAP MPs ‘gaddars’, targets BJP

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann calls defecting AAP MPs ‘gaddars’, targets BJP

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday dubbed AAP’s Rajya Sabha members, who quit the party and announced joining the BJP, as “gaddars” (traitors). Addressing a press conference here, Mann alleged that the BJP was trying to break the AAP and had “betrayed the people of Punjab.” When they did not find anything against Bhagwant Mann, they tried to break AAP, said Mann, who returned on Friday after nearly a week-long visit to the Netherlands and Finland to attract investments for his state. They are perturbed why Mann is becoming the leader of people, Mann said, hitting out at the BJP. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Parliament MPs Suspended, Akhilesh Yadav: Should Have Just Built 1 Room In Old Parliament: Akhilesh Yadav’s Taunt

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Over 140 MPs have been suspended from Parliament so far. New Delhi: Samajwadi Party boss Akhilesh Yadav took a swipe at the ruling BJP Tuesday evening, hours after Lok Sabha suspended 95 MPs – over 140, including those ejected yesterday and last week – in an unprecedented move to close out the final full sitting of Parliament ahead of next year’s election. Mr Yadav, who saw two of his party colleagues suspended today – Dimple Yadav and ST Hasan, suggested the government need not have spent as much as it did (by some estimates over Rs 1,000 crore) on a larger Parliament building if it intended to suspend nearly two-third of the opposition. “People want to know… when MPs were to be suspended, why was there a need for a new Parliament building? It would have been better if the BJP had built a new room, for two-three people, in the old Parliament itself…” the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister posted on X. READ | 141 Opposition MPs Suspended In Record-Breaking Parliament Standoff The new Parliament, …