As Punjab Police arrested Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with a 2015 drugs case, Leader of Opposition in state Assembly Partap Singh Bajwa on Thursday said that a kidnapping case should be registered against "those police officers" for "forcibly entering" the Chandigarh resi
Terming the arrest of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with a 2015 drugs case, as a political vendetta, the party's Punjab unit chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday said that the border state has turned into Jungle Raj.
As Punjab Police arrested Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with a 2015 drugs case, the president of the grand old party Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said that the party does not tolerate injustice.
As the three-day-long rail blockade protest began on Thursday, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Krantikari chairman Surjeet Singh said that the protesting farmers also want the Centre to double the number of work days, guaranteed by the government under MGNREGA scheme.
As many as 18 trains of the Firozpur division, have been affected as members of various farmers' bodies squatted on train tracks here on Thursday as part of the three-day 'Rail-Roko' agitation.
Asserting that this is 'Badla ki Rajneeti' (politics of revenge), Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Thursday said that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has become thirsty for blood.
Raising the demand for financial aid against the losses incurred during the floods, farmers, under the aegis of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee in Punjab's Amritsar have organised a three-day 'rail blockade' all over Punjab on Thursday.
After the detention of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh, Khaira's son Mehtab Singh on Thursday asserted that this is what happens when somebody speaks against the government.
Congress party on thursday condemned the arrest of Punjab Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira and said that any such act is an abuse of power and that Congress firmly and unitedly stands against it.
Condemning the detention of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday termed the action taken by Punjab Police as a "jungle raj".
"Remembering Shaheed Bhagat Singh on his birth anniversary. His sacrifice and unwavering dedication to the cause of India's freedom continue to inspire generations. A beacon of courage, he will forever be a symbol of India's relentless fight for justice and liberty," the prime minister poste
Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Thursday was detained by Punjab police in connection with the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.