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AAP's renewed efforts to expand base beyond Delhi marked 2021

While the AAP will make its electoral debut in the upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, it will join the fray for the second time in Goa, Gujarat and Punjab

Kejriwal's Delhi health model failed during pandemic: Punjab CM Channi

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday hit out at his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, saying his health model was a complete failure during the first and second waves of COVID-19. According to an official release, Channi claimed thousands of people from the national capital came to Punjab for treatment during the two waves of the pandemic. He further said his government is fully ready to tackle a possible third wave of COVID-19. "Kejriwal's Delhi health model was a complete failure during the first and second waves of coronavirus. Thousands of people ran from Delhi to Punjab for treatment," Channi claimed. "Now, Kejriwal is making fake promises of (replicating) Delhi health and education models in Punjab, but the people of Punjab are very much aware of such theatrics," he said. Taking a swipe at Kejriwal, the Punjab chief minister said how will a person, who cannot handle a city-like state properly, run a complete state. The Punjab Assembly elections will be

Kejriwal to visit Punjab from Dec 30 to Jan 1 ahead of assembly polls

Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be on a three-day visit to poll-bound Punjab from December 30 to January 1, informed AAP.He will lead AAP's 'Victory March' in Chandigarh on December 30 to celebrate his party bagging the maximum number of seats in the civic polls.New entrant AAP put up a spectacular show in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls and won 14 of 35 wards while pushing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to second place.On December 31, Kejriwal will start his trip in Patiala by garlanding the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at 2 pm, he will then go to Shri Kali Devi temple to offer his prayers.After that, the AAP convenor will lead a "Shanti March" (Peace rally), which will be joined by the party's senior leader Bhagwant Mann.Kejriwal will then pay his obeisance at Gurdwara Sri Dukhvaran Sahib.On his final day of the visit, Kejriwal will visit Ram Tirath Temple in Amritsar at 12 noon.The Delhi Chief Minister has been making frequent ...

Punjab Assembly elections: AAP announces 15 more candidates

The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday announced 15 more candidates for the next year's Punjab assembly polls

Kejriwal to hold high-level meet on Covid-19 situation in Delhi: Report

The chief minister will chair the meeting at 12 noon. It will discuss the rising number of COVID-19 cases and threat posed by its new variant Omicron

'Redraw strategy for Punjab', say BJP leaders after Chandigarh result

BJP has won only 12 seats in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls and AAP emerged as the single largest party by winning 14 of 35 seats

Chandigarh MC polls: Sitting mayor of BJP loses to AAP candidate

Counting of votes is underway for the election held here on Friday

'If AAP forms govt': Kejriwal makes a slew of promises in Punjab

Kejriwal urged anganwadi and ASHA workers to unite to ensure formation of an AAP government in Punjab, which will solve all their issues

Aam Aadmi Party declares 18 more candidates for Punjab elections

The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday declared 18 more candidates for the next year's Punjab Assembly elections.

Arvind Kejriwal slams Punjab govt over sacrilege, drugs cases

Arvind Kejriwal on Friday alleged a conspiracy behind the recent cases of sacrilege and explosion, and said the weak government ruling Punjab has failed to crack the whip

Every word of AAP leadership is a lie: Punjab CM Charanjit Channi

The Chief Minister said the AAP leaders are clamouring for power

AAP to launch UP election campaign on Jan 2 with rally in Lucknow

After announcing that it will contest the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on its own, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will launch its election campaign on January 2 with a rally in Lucknow.

UP: AAP promises 1 mn jobs annually, Rs 5,000 monthly allowance to jobless

The announcement was made by AAP leader Manish Sisodia in presence of party Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh

Kejriwal to take part in AAP's 'Tiranga Yatra' in Punjab's Jalandhar on Wed

Kejriwal said the "Tiranga Yatra" will be taken out in an atmosphere of patriotism, appealing to the people of Jalandhar to join him at the event in large numbers

Uttarakhand: Key battle between BJP and Cong; AAP, SP, BSP also in fray

Uttarakhand is likely to see an interesting contest between the BJP and the Congress in the upcoming Assembly elections - scheduled to be held in early 2022.

AAP releases second list of candidates for Punjab Assembly elections

Punjab unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday released the second list of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in the state.Earlier in November, AAP had announced a list of 10 candidates for the upcoming polls.The second list, announcing candidates for 30 constituencies of the state, enlists Raman Bahl who joined AAP after quitting Congress in November as the Gurdaspur candidate. Jagroop Singh Sekhwan has been given a ticket from Qadian. Punjabi singer Anmol Gagan Mann has been given a ticket from Kharar.Vibhuti Sharma will contest from Pathankot, Shamsher Singh from Dina Nagar (SC), Sherry Kalsi from Batala, Balbir Singh Pannu from Fatehpur Churian, Kunwar Vijay Pratap from Amritsar North, Inderbir Singh Nijjar from Amritsar South, Laljit Singh Bhullar from Patti, DCP Balkar Singh from Kartarpur (SC), Ravjot Singh from Sham Chaurasi (SC), Lalit Mohan 'Ballu' Pathak from Nawan Shahr.Others who featured in the list are Daljit Singh 'Bhola' Grewal from Ludhiana East, Kulwant .

Punjab polls: Ex-state police officer among 30 candidates announced by AAP

Ex-Punjab Police officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, who had headed the SIT probing the 2015 Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan firing cases, is among the list of 30 candidates released by the Aam Aadmi Party

Ex-Punjab AAP convenor joins SAD; will contest Assembly polls from Batala

Former Punjab AAP convenor Sucha Singh Chhotepur joined the Shiromani Akali Dal in the presence of party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday

Punjab CM trashes AAP leader Raghav Chadha's illegal mining charge

The chief minister siad no "outsider" would be allowed to create unfounded hue and cry in the state for "vested political interests"

Petrol to be cheaper by Rs 8 in Delhi as AAP govt decides to cut VAT: Rpts

The Delhi government on Wednesday decided to reduce the VAT on petrol, bringing down the price of the fuel in the city by about Rs 8 per litre, official sources said. At a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, it was decided that the Value-Added Tax (VAT) on petrol will be reduced from the present 30 per cent to 19.4 per cent, leading to a cut of around Rs 8 per litre, they added. The price of petrol after the VAT cut will go down from the current Rs 103 per litre to Rs 95 per litre, the sources said. The petrol price in Delhi was higher as compared to the NCR cities in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, where the state governments had announced a VAT cut following the Centre reducing the excise duty on fuel prices.