Tag: Akali Dal
Punjab's 'silent' Electorate Can Make Things Uncertain
Punjab is set to see its most crucial assembly election in decades on February 4, with its undercurrent of "silent" voters likely to turn the poll arena into an uncertain event which could swing anywhere.....
In Patriarchal Punjab, Only 7% Of 1,145 Candidates Are Women
Only seven per cent of the 1,145 candidates in the fray in the Punjab assembly elections are females -- a figure pointing to the patriarchal predominance of all political parties -- and making a mockery of their promise of 33 per cent quota for women in legislative bodies.....
Punjab Poll: More Women Vote Than Men
Punjab may have been unfair to women in terms of its sex ratio, but the percentage of female voters was clearly higher than male voters in the just-concluded assembly elections in the state.....
If Kejriwal Wins Punjab, It Will Alter Course Of Politics
The emerging consensus that there is a wave in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab is terrible news for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, not because they will have lost the election but because the road ahead will become that much more difficult.....
Punjab Battle: AAP Upbeat As Akalis, Congress Keep Up Bold Face
Third time lucky, third time unlucky or making it in the first attempt. This sums up the political fortunes of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Congress and the AAP respectively as Punjab prepares to count the votes of 117 assembly seats on Saturday.....
Amarinder Thanks Rahul For Congress' Punjab Win
Congress Punjab head and its Chief Ministerial candidate Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday credited the party's stellar electoral performance to party President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul.....
It's Congress Revival, SAD Routed Due To Leaders' Arrogance: Sidhu
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday dubbed the Congress victory in Punjab assembly elections as its "revival" and blamed SAD's rout on its leadership's "arrogance and turning treasury into personal property".....
10 Punjab Ministers Lose Assembly Polls
At least 10 sitting Ministers in the outgoing Akali Dal-BJP Punjab government lost their seats in the assembly elections.....
Sukhbir Badal Accepts Defeat, Hints At 'AAP Effect'
Though the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) could not win the Punjab assembly polls, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal hinted on Saturday that the its effect could have left to his party's rout. ....
New Punjab Assembly's First Session Begins
The first session of the newly-elected 15th Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) of Punjab began here on Friday.....
