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Punjab CM blames Akali, Cong govts of patronising gangsters, drug peddlers

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said the state will be freed of gangsters and drug peddlers and accused the previous Akali and the Congress governments of patronising them. Mann complimented the Punjab Police for an operation against two gangsters in Amritsar. Gangsters Jagroop Singh Roopa and Manpreet Singh alias Mannu Kusa, allegedly involved in the murder of singer Sidhu Moosewala, were gunned down in a nearly five-hour-long encounter with the Punjab Police at an Amritsar village on Wednesday. Mann said his government will not allow anyone to disturb peace in the state. It is my guarantee to the people that we will not allow anyone to disturb hard-earned peace in the state and every effort will be made to maintain peace and communal harmony in Punjab by making it free from gangsters and drug smugglers, he said. Mann alleged that the gangsters and drug peddlers were patronised by the previous governments. Under the protection of Akalis and Congress, these gangst

No hope for Akali Dal's revival till Badal, Majithia at helm: Channi

Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday said till the time Sukhbir Singh Badal and Bikram Singh Majithia are at the helm of the Shiromani Akali Dal, the party cannot hope for a revival

The man who will win

Whatever the outcome of the elections, the biggest loser in the politics of the state will be the Akali Dal, which is being battered from all sides

A sporting chance for SAD to resurrect itself in 'tricky poll'

State watchers say that the Akalis will be aided by other factors as well. It is seen as aligned with the farmers' cause in the state by virtue of splitting up with the BJP

Akali leader Manjinder Sirsa joins BJP ahead of Punjab assembly polls

He joined the BJP in the presence of senior party leaders and Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Punjab's real problem: The loss of its entrepreneurial impulse

Punjab, once India's richest state, has slipped and fallen behind. It needs to get off the paddy-wheat-MSP high and rediscover its entrepreneurial impulse

Farm laws issue: SAD says will initiate national pro-farmer front

Akali Dal prez Sukhbir Singh Badal said that his party would take the lead to form a "national pro-farmer front" of regional parties against the three pieces of farm legislation passed by Parliament

SAD faces existential crisis; Shah holds key to Badals' political survival

Thanks to the Narendra Modi factor, in the 2019 general elections, the Akali Dal won two seats, the same as the BJP. Now the key to the Badals' survival lies with Home Minister Amit Shah

Akalis 'sold out' Punjab's interests by supporting ordinances: Punjab CM

The chief minister, however, asserted that he would take the fight against the ordinances related to the agriculture sector to the Centre.

Panjab's Khalistan destiny

A near constant throughout the book is references to Punjab's militancy days, the Khalistan movement and its protagonist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale

Akali Dal gives two day ultimatum to Govt on Sajjan

Akali Dal gives two day ultimatum to Govt on Sajjan

Akalis on the retreat, but the field is still open

There is a triangular fight and final outcome, from clashing sympathies across sections, is unclear