SHIROMANI AKALI DAL
Punjab: Farmers raise black flags, slogans against Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal
A group of farmers raised slogans against Shiroman...
Punjab 2020: State's farmers lay siege at Delhi's borders
There is hardly any social distancing or face masks seen at the protest sites at De...
Centre trying to defame farmers: Sukhbir Badal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi should call an emergency Parliament session and repeal these acts...
Farm laws: Amarinder Singh dubs Arvind Kejriwal a 'big fraud'
"The AAP and Akali Dal MLAs never say what they mean, and vice versa," Singh said in an informal interaction with the media in Mohali after the launch of second phase of 'Punjab Smart Connect Scheme', where smartphones were distributed to another 80,000 Class 12 students of government schools.
Why have you 'abandoned' Vajpayee's principles, SAD asks BJP
The Shiromani Akali Dal slammed the saffron party, a day after BJP's national general secretary Tarun Chugh charged Sukhbir Singh Badal with “spreading poison and igniting communal passions” in Punjab under the garb of farmers' cause.
BJP is real 'tukde tukde' gang, says Sukhbir Singh Badal
"It (the BJP) has smashed national unity to pieces, shamelessly inciting Hindus against Muslims and now desperate setting peace-loving Punjabi Hindus against their Sikh brethren especially farmers," he tweeted.
If this is a democracy, then government should listen to farmers: Harsimrat Kaur Badal
When Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) raised the issues with the PM, it fell on deaf ears. Now, when the nation is shaken, they are forced to listen. Forcing the farmers to come to the streets was highly avoidable especially when we are fighting a pandemic, writes the MP from Bhatinda.
Centre trying to thrust black laws like it imposed demonetization, GST: Sukhbir Badal
Badal also hit out at the central government for allegedly trying to project the protesting farmers as "anti-national" and demanded that the Centre repeal the new farm laws. "Farmers want these laws should be repealed. If farmers do not want these laws, why are you forcing upon them?" he asked.
BJP in an expansion mode, to focus on urban elections in states where it is weak
Encouraged by its performance in the recent elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, the party is hoping to hit another high in Kerala and Jammu and Kashmir. Punjab is another state where the BJP is eyeing an expansion on its own. It is also focussing on Kerala local bodies elections.
‘Bharat Bandh' ends peacefully, life hit in some states as farmers take national centrestage
Emergency services were exempted and banks, too, continued operations as the pan-India shutdown, backed by most opposition parties and many trade unions, came into effect with the maximum impact expected in states such as Punjab, Haryana and Delhi, the epicentre of the snowballing protests.
Bharat Bandh: Farmers block highways in Punjab, Haryana; shops, petrol pumps closed
In neighbouring BJP-JJP ruled Haryana, opposition parties Congress and Indian National Lok Dal have extended their support to the 'Bharat Bandh'.
PM Modi speaks to Parkash Singh Badal, extends birthday greetings
Government sources said the prime minister called up the former Punjab chief minister to wish him. No other details of the conversation were shared.
BJP treads cautiously on its expansion plan in Punjab
In September, the Shiromani Akali Dal, the oldest ally of the BJP, had walked out of the ruling alliance at the Centre over the farm bills. Thereafter the BJP started working on strengthening itself in order to contest all 117 assembly seats in the state in 2022.
Shiromani Akali Dal snapped ties with NDA 'out of compulsion': Sukhdev Dhindsa
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal had announced the decision to snap ties with the NDA, amid stepped up agitation by farmers in Punjab over the three legislations which were recently passed by Parliament amid opposition protests.
