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Sukhbir slams AAP for ‘undeclared emergency’, ‘reign of repression’ in Punjab

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Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Badal on Monday came down heavily against “the puppet AAP regime in Punjab for the undeclared emergency and reign of repression and terror let loose in the state”.
He also warned against “dangerous conspiracies to defame the most patriotic Sikh community for communal polarisation and electoral gains”. “The same conspiracies were hatched and implemented by the Congress in the past and now the present regime is following in their footsteps to set Punjab on fire,” he claimed.
The Akali President said the government-led by Parkash Singh Badal had pulled the state out of the bloody cycle of terror and repression and started an era of peace and progress. “But the governments that followed have pushed the state back into the jaws of insecurity and repression reminiscent of the dark and tragic era of the eighties,” he said in a statement.
Sikhs are the most patriotic people and have made the greatest sacrifices for securing and safeguarding the independence, the unity and integrity of India and “we will do so again whenever the country needs it”, he stressed.
“This is our country and the Sikhs need no certificate from anyone on their patriotism,” said Badal after an emergent meeting of senior leaders of the party.
He assured the people of Punjab that the SAD “will fight all forces out to disturb peace and harmony here”. He said SAD is the champion of the rights and a guarantor of peace and “Sarbat da bhala”.
Coming down strongly against the AAP government, Badal strongly condemned the indiscriminate arrests of innocent Sikh youth, especially the Amritdhari youth on mere suspicion through resort to extra-constitutional methods.
He demanded the immediate release of all innocents arrested in the ongoing crackdown.

Badal said SAD stands for justice and for the protection of the rights of the Punjabis in general and the Sikhs in particular within the federal framework, with more powers to the states, a demand echoed now by other political parties too.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 20, 2023
AAP leaders making ‘baseless’ allegations out of ‘frustration’, claims BJP

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New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday claimed that AAP leaders were “making baseless allegations out of frustration” as the Arvind Kejriwal government’s “scams” were being exposed one after another.
Earlier in the day, AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha accused the BJP of trying to topple the Kejriwal government by threatening them with ED and CBI raids if they don’t join the saffron party.
The BJP has mounted a sustained attack on the AAP and the Arvind Kejriwal government over a number of alleged “scams”, most prominently the one related to the Delhi Excise Policy for 2021-22.
Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said, “Every time Arvind Kejriwal’s scams are uncovered, rather than giving answers to questions he asks the AAP leaders to start crying that their government is facing threat and their MLAs are being poached.”
Kejriwal does this to “divert attention” from the investigations being conducted by different probe agencies, Bidhuri said.
He claimed that AAP leaders have levelled “baseless and fabricated” allegations against the BJP out of frustration.
“Two AAP ministers are in jail for corruption which was masterminded by Arvind Kejriwal. He made the ministers do all corruption and grabbed all the money, and later sacrificed them,” Bidhuri alleged.
Chadha alleged the BJP was planning ‘Operation Lotus 2.0’ in Delhi and the AAP MLAs were being “threatened with ED and CBI cases” if they don’t join the saffron party.

“The BJP wants to topple the AAP government in Delhi under the garb of a no-confidence motion and our legislators are being sent offers by the BJP high command,” he charged.
The AAP has 62 MLAs in the 70-member-strong Delhi Assembly and the BJP has eight. Yet, its leaders think they will be able to snatch power by buying out MLAs, Chadha said.
Bidhuri, however, claimed even after having 62 seats, Arvind Kejriwal is not confident about his MLAs.
“This is because Kejriwal has been the mastermind of all the scams in the Delhi government. The heat of the probes into corruption cases will reach Kejriwal soon and he will also go to jail because he has always been involved in all the corruption,” the BJP leader alleged.
He said the BJP was bringing a no-confidence motion in the assembly because the “people of Delhi have lost their confidence in the AAP government due to its scams”.
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March 18, 2023
Delhi Assembly: BJP to bring no-confidence motion against Kejriwal, AAP to attack Centre, LG

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New Delhi: The budget session of the Delhi Assembly, starting Friday, is likely to witness heated exchanges between the treasury and opposition benches, with the ruling AAP targeting LG V K Saxena and the Centre over the arrest of Manish Sisodia and the BJP bringing a no-confidence motion against the Arvind Kejriwal government.
The session will start with an address by the lieutenant governor (LG) and the budget will be presented on March 21, officials said.
A senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said that the session will have discussions on the arrest of former deputy chief minister Sisodia and how the lieutenant governor was interfering in the works of the elected government.
“The party will also raise the issue of the LG being involved in an incident with noted social activist Medha Patkar in 2002. We will also raise the issue of misuse of CBI and ED by the BJP-ruled Centre and the LG’s interference in government functioning,” he said.
Another senior functionary of the AAP said, “The misuse of CBI and ED by the Centre is the biggest issue. The world’s best education minister, Manish Sisodia, has been put behind bars in a false case. This is the biggest issue of Delhi.”
Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said in a statement that the BJP will bring a no-confidence motion against the Arvind Kejriwal government over its involvement in “corruption”.
The BJP MLAs, in a joint statement, said that they will corner the Kejriwal government as its two ministers were behind bars and it was facing allegations of “scams” involving liquor policy, classroom construction, electricity subsidy, and snooping by its Feedback Unit.
“In such a situation, this government has no moral or constitutional right to be in office and a no-confidence motion is being brought against the government,” it said.

Bidhuri said the budget session has been called only for five days, out of which the provision of question hour has been kept only on two days.
“This is like attacking the rights of the legislators and this government is continuously robbing the rights of the legislators,” he alleged.
The BJP will demand that the session be extended by at least 10 days, he said.
The BJP MLAs have given notices to discuss the serious problems of Delhi in the Assembly and they want that all issues should be discussed so that the truth can come before the public, he said.
Issues such as corruption, air pollution, drinking water crisis, collapse of the transport system, non-opening of new schools and colleges, lack of teachers, irregularities in mohalla clinics, and the Yamuna pollution will be raised by the opposition MLAs, he said.
Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said the session will focus on making Delhi a modern, clean and development-oriented city.
“There will be more focus on providing funds for sanitation, cleaning garbage mountains, making world class infrastructure in Delhi, making it development oriented in terms of good transport, making well connected network and bringing more electric buses.”
The annual budget for 2023-24 will be presented by Kailash Gahlot who assumed the charge as finance minister after the arrest of Sisodia by the CBI in connection with an alleged liquor policy scam.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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March 17, 2023
AAP to contest polls in all 230 assembly seats in MP: Kejriwal

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Bhopal: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that his party will contest the upcoming assembly elections in all 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh.
Kejriwal made this announcement while addressing a large gathering of AAP workers in Bhopal. Kejriwal along with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was on their maiden visit ahead of the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh due later this year.
While addressing the gathering of party workers and people who came from different parts of Madhya Pradesh, especially from tribal areas, Kejriwal tried to convince them highlighting his ‘Delhi model’ freebies.
He promised that the people of Madhya Pradesh too will find better government schools for their children, health infrastructures will be developed in Delhi’s model and also cheaper electricity, if AAP forms government.
Meanwhile, he also claimed that winning of Singrauli mayoral seat was just a trailer, and the AAP will show a real picture after winning assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh.
“People of Madhya Pradesh want to say goodby to ‘mama’ (CM Shivraj) and they had done it in 2018, but the Congress MLAs were sold and BJP was back into power again. It means, even if you vote to Congress, the BJP will form the government. It is only AAP which can change this corrupt political system of Madhya Pradesh,” Kejriwal added.
Notably, two months back Kejriwal had dissolved the entire team of Madhya Pradesh and fresh appointments were made.
The AAP claimed to give a big setback to both the BJP and the Congress in Madhya Pradesh in upcoming assembly elections, reiterating that people want change here.

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March 14, 2023
Cong, BRS, AAP move suspension of business notice in RS on Hindenburg-Adani row

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New Delhi: Members of Congress, Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) and AAP on Tuesday moved suspension of business notice in the Rajya Sabha under rule 267 demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Hindenburg-Adani row.
Congress Deputy leader in the House Pramod Tiwari, AAP MP Sanjay Singh, and BRS MP K. Keshav Rao moved suspension notice on the issue.
On Monday, the Congress alleged that the government did not want Parliament to function.
“Parliament was adjourned for the day because the Government simply didn’t want it to function. It created a completely bogus diversion to keep the attention away from the combined Opposition demand for a JPC into the PM-linked Adani Maha Mega Scam,” Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh had said.
Earlier in the day, the Opposition members had staged a march towards Vijay Chowk and Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said that there is no rule of law under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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March 14, 2023
BRS, AAP demand JPC on ‘Adani scam’; stage protest outside Parliament

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Hyderabad: Members of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) along with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) staged protests outside the Parliament demanding discussion on the Hindenburg’s report on the Adani scam.
The Opposition parties demanded a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on the Hindenburg report and staged a protest after receiving no response from the Chair in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
BRS moved a suspension motion in both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha to discuss the misuse of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) by the BJP-led union government.
Both the houses were adjourned till 2 pm following the protest.
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They held placards inside the House and later walked out and held a demonstration at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi inside the Parliament complex.
While AAP leader Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI and later by the ED in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, the ED had recently recorded the statement of BRS MLC K Kavitha in the same case and asked her to appear again on March 16.
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March 13, 2023
Punjab BJP targets AAP govt over law and order situation

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Ludhiana: The BJP on Sunday targeted the AAP government over the law and order situation, saying it has “failed” to take action against self-styled Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and his supporters in the recent Ajnala incident.
“Till today, no action has been taken by the Punjab government against the violators,” said BJP leader Kewal Singh Dhillon here while referring to the Ajnala incident.
Last month, radical preacher Amritpal and his supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, broke through barricades and barged into the Ajnala police station on the outskirts of the Amritsar city, clashed with police for the release of one of Amritpal’s aide.
During the incident, six policemen, including a Superintendent of Police rank officer, suffered injuries.
BJP leader Dhillon further said, “The law and order is a state subject and responsibility of its maintenance cannot be shifted upon anyone else.”
He claimed that as a result of “deteriorating” law and order, industrialists of the state are feeling insecure and are contemplating to shift their businesses to other parts of the country.
Punjab BJP general secretary Jeewan Gupta accused the Bhagwant Mann government of not taking any step to boost industry in the state.

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March 12, 2023
AAP launches month-long membership drive in Haryana; targets 10 lakh new members

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Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday launched a mega membership drive in Haryana, under which it plans to enroll 10 lakh members over the next one month.
Senior AAP leader and party’s Haryana affairs in-charge Sushil Gupta said party workers will cover every nook and corner of the state during the month-long membership drive.
“Our aim is to enroll 10 lakh new members within a month,” Gupta told reporters here.
AAP leaders Anurag Dhanda, who was present at the launch, said while party volunteers will be going to every town and village, people can also become a member by giving a missed call on a mobile number, which has been launched for the purpose.
“Every worker of the party will go to every village and every ward. In the next one month, the policies of Aam Aadmi Party will be disseminated to every person of the state. All 90 assembly constituencies will be covered by party workers.
“People can also give a missed call on mobile number 76500-88000 and can become active member,” he said.
The party is aiming to build a strong organisational structure in Haryana, where it will be fighting next year’s assembly polls, Dhanda said.
Sushil Gupta said that AAP is the only viable alternative in the political scene of Haryana, where people want good education, better health facilities, a corruption-free governance, and good job opportunities.

He hit out at the BJP-JJP government in the state, saying crime, drug addiction, and unemployment has increased in the state under its rule.
Party leaders Ashok Tanwar and Nirmal Singh were also present at the launch.
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March 11, 2023
Fall in line or be destroyed: In Budget speech, AAP govt warns ‘enemies of Punjab’

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Chandigarh: Days after the siege of the Ajnala police station by supporters of a pro-Khalistan preacher, the state government on Friday asked “enemies of Punjab” to fall in line or be destroyed.
The warning was delivered by Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema during his Budget speech in the state assembly.
In its first full budget, the Aam Aadmi Party government has allocated Rs 10,523 crore for maintaining law and order — up 11 per cent from the previous year.
“Some evil forces are always looking for opportunities to disturb peace and order in our border state,” Cheema said, adding that such attempts in the past were thwarted by “our brave police forces”.
“I, on behalf of my government warn the enemies of Punjab to fall in line else our government shall destroy them from the root,” he said.
Punjab’s ruling AAP has been under flak from the opposition over the “deterioration” of law and order.
The minister did not directly refer to the incident in Ajnala near Amritsar on February 23, when radical priest Amritpal Singh’s supporters barged into a police station complex, forcing authorities to agree on the release of an arrested man.
Cheema said the state government has set aside Rs 40 crore in the 2023-24 Budget to strengthen the security infrastructure in border districts. This includes CCTV cameras in areas close to the international border, lights and high-end police vehicles.

He said the state government is preparing its law enforcing agencies and police forces for all odds.
The counter-intelligence wing of the force is being fortified with the latest equipment and infrastructure, he said. An outlay of Rs 40 crore has been sanctioned for this.
He said Rs 64 crore will be spent on modernisation of the police force and Rs 30 crore on combating cybercrime in the coming year.
Cheema said the Anti-Gangster Task Force had arrested 567 criminals and killed five gangsters, busted 156 modules, and seized 563 weapons and 125 vehicles till February-end.
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March 10, 2023
BJP stages protest outside AAP office in Delhi

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New Delhi: Under the leadership of Delhi BJP Working President Virendra Sachdeva on Friday, the saffron party staged a massive protest outside the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) headquarters demanding resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
A model of Tihar jail was placed at the protest site, inside which former Delhi ministers Satyendar Jain and Manish Sisodia were shown locked, became a special attraction among the protesters and passers-by.
Apart from this, the Chief Minister’s residence was also shown in the protest, on whose walls the list of corruption cases by the Kejriwal government was also hung.
Besides Sachdeva, Delhi Opposition leader Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, BJP MPs Ramesh Bidhuri and Parvesh Verma, State BJP General Secretary Kuljeet Singh Chahal, Co-incharge of Assam BJP Pawan Sharma, MLA Abhay Verma and former State BJP President Adesh Gupta addressed a programme to protest against the AAP government in Delhi.
State BJP Working President said, “The saffron party workers first fought for the resignation of Sisodia and today the results are in front of everyone. Now the next number is of Arvind Kejriwal because Kejriwal himself is the kingpin and mastermind of this entire liquor scam.”
Sachdeva added: “Kejriwal was saying that he would not celebrate Holi. How could Kejriwal apply the colour of Holi on the face which he hides behind the black money of liquor?”
He added: “There was talk of free education and health but Kejriwal gave “buy one get one free liquor bottle scheme” to the people of Delhi. A conspiracy was hatched to make the youth intoxicated.”

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March 10, 2023