Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will embark on a two-day visit to Gujarat today and will also meet jailed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitra Vasava on Monday.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday lashed out at BJP state chief Sunil Jhakhar, alleging that the state's tableau designs for the Republic Day did not have pictures of himself and his Delhi counterpart and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal.
Acting on the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, a high-level meeting involving senior state and district officials was convened on Tuesday to monitor the distribution of petrol and diesel in the state.
Amid allegation by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann about discrimination over the selection of tableaux for Republic Day Parade 2024, Ministry of Defence sources on Sunday said that the Punjab tableau was not selected as it did not align to the "broader themes" of this year's tableau.<
"Consequent upon joining of Vijoy Kumar Singh, IAS (1990) to the Government of Punjab, he is hereby posted as Special Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister, Punjab," an official statement of the Punjab government said.
The Chief Ministger told the department officials that along with solving the problems of NRIs, they should also be shown those places in Punjab that they have never seen.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann hit out at the BJP-led central government over the non-inclusion of the state's tableau for the Republic Day parade, alleging the Centre has discriminated against the states ruled by the Aam Aadmi Party.
Expressing disappointment over Punjab's exclusion from the R-Day Parade tableaus, Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene in the issue.
After Punjab Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre after the rejection of Punjab's tableau for the Republic Day celebrations, BJP leader Majinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday responded it by claiming that this has bee