But the two reasons they gave (Akalis) (for breaking ties) were very surprising, Ashwani Sharma said. Chandigarh: Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma said on Sunday that the reasons given by Shiromani Akali Dal for severing ties with the NDA were “very surprising” but also mentioned that he was “saddened” by …
Read More »Prez Nods At 3 Farm Bills Like Oppn, Farmers Continue Protests; Former SAD ally calls it ‘Dark day for democracy’
President Ram Nath Kovind. Kovind’s assent to the farm laws comes days after opposition parties met with him and asked him not to pass the Center’s controversial farm laws. News18.com Last update: September 28, 2020 12:24 AM IST FOLLOW US: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave his approval to …
Read More »“Sad, disappointing,” Sukhbir Singh Badal says as farm bills get the nod from the president | India News
CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal boss Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday qualified the presidential assent to the contentious agrarian legislation and to the Jammu and Kashmir Official language bill as “sad, disappointing and extremely unfortunate”. In a statement here, Badal said it was a “dark day for the country” as the …
Read More »SAD gave surprising reasons for breaking ties: Punjab BJP chief | India News
CHANDIGARH: Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma said on Sunday the reasons given for the Shiromani Akali Dal for breaking ties with the NDA were “very surprising”, but also mentioned that they “felt sad“about your decision. SAD announced Saturday night that it would resign from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over …
Read More »There may be ideological differences but we are not enemies: Sanjay Raut after meeting Fadnavis | India News
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay raut on Sunday he said he met with the former prime minister of Maharashtra and leader of the BJP Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday to discuss certain issues and that both could have ideological differences but there was no enmity between the duo. “I met …
Read More »SAD Quits the NDA: How Farm Laws Smashed Friendship Between Older Allies
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the oldest ally of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, broke away on the issue of agricultural bills that were recently passed by Parliament. The BJP government in the Center has said that these landmark laws will make farmers self-sufficient. Also …
Read More »‘Everyone must unite against the Center,’ says SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Chairman and former Senior Deputy Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday urged all political parties and farmers’ unions to unite against the central government. Sukhbir was in Ludhiana to mobilize party workers for the October 1 protest march against agricultural bills, which would start in the …
Read More »After Leaving Government, BJP’s “Oldest Ally” Akali Dal Leaves NDA | India News
CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal announced Saturday night his decision to break his 24-year alliance with BJP less than 10 days after he stepped down from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government with the resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal on the approval of three agro-marketing bills in Parliament. The alliance between SAD …
Read More »Captain Amarinder Singh on Shiromani Akali leaving NDA
Captain Amarinder Singh said that the Shiromani Akali Dal has become politically irrelevant now New Delhi / Chandigarh: Punjab’s chief minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, has called Shiromani Akali Dal’s decision to resign from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) as nothing more than a “desperate case of political compulsion” for the …
Read More »Laws have been drafted for the first time to benefit farmers and the marginalized: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that, for the first time in decades, the Union government has crafted laws that benefit farmers, workers, women and other marginalized sectors. In the context of protests by a farmers’ section and criticism from opposition parties of the recently passed farm bills, Prime …
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