Author: Dipankar Ray

68% voter turnout in polling booths, 18 FIRs are recorded till now across the state, Election Updates.  With the ongoing Punjab elections from February 20, the voter turnout on the first day of the polling was almost 70 percent. The rural region of the state saw a much higher turnout in the people to vote than the urban areas. The Mawa region has the highest number of seats in the state, with 69 seats, and has the highest turnout amongst all the Doaba and Majha regions. The Police had deployed 700 central armed police force companies besides the state police…

Smiles try to cover up the disunity that Congress leaders appeared for a brief press conference; Complaint against CM Channi for violating MOD With just a day left before Punjab goes for its state Assembly Elections on February 20, all parties have wrapped up their election campaigns. Complaints were filed against CM Channi and Subhdeep Singh for allegedly being involved in a door-to-door campaign in the Mansa Assembly after Friday’s end of campaigns across the state. The complaint was filed under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code for violating the Model Code of Conduct.  In this regard, sub-divisional magistrate…

AAP gathering the attraction from different parties over the remarks of Kejriwal in the 2017 Assembly Election; Congress releases manifesto on the last day of campaigning in Punjab.   With 48 hours left before Punjab goes for Election on February 20, election campaigns have halted throughout the state. But in the last few days of campaigning, AAP had faced serious blowback from its three significant contenders BJP, SAD, and Congress. The recent controversy over the remarks made by AAP party supremo Arvind Kejriwal has led to the backlash against the AAP party to gear up. Many of you might be wondering…

Three sitting councilors exited the Congress Party days before Punjab voted on February 20; Charges were filed against Arvind Kejriwal on Kumar Vishwas’s statement. With Ashwini Kumar’s statement predicting the win of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab over the Congress Party in the upcoming Punjab Assembly Elections was followed by another significant setback with the loss of three sitting Congress Councilors to AAP in the presence of Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on February 17.   This news came a day after Karamjit Singh Rintu, Mayor of Amritsar, joined AAP in Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and CM candidate…

With the Punjab Assembly Elections just days away, tensions are running high across the state. Attacks on the Government policy and execution by leaders such as Arvind Kejriwal (AAP), PM Narendra Modi have become frequent. In the recent past, they questioned CM Channi’s nephew’s association with illegal sand activities. In this regard, PM Modi had mentioned in his speech in the Jalandhar rally that if the NDA government is formed in Punjab, it would target the formation of the “Nava Punjab” and make Punjab a drug free state. On Tuesday, February 16, Ashwini Kumar, Senior leader of Congress and the…

Home Minister Amit Shah questioned Chief Minister Charanjit Channi over the security breach of PM Narendra Modi last month; PM to address public rallies in Jalandhar today. With days to come before Punjab goes for its State Assembly Elections, campaigns have geared up all around the state. On Sunday, 13th February, Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a public rally in Ludhiana while campaigning for Bharatiya Janata Party. Mr.Shah had given blistering remarks on Chief Minister Channi’s capabilities to look after the security of the state and governance. Taking a jibe at the CM, he said,” Channi Sahab is not capable…

25 % of candidates in the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections face criminal charges against them. PM Narendra Modi to address rallies in the state Many of us have often heard the term Criminalization of Politics after our teachers use it in schools and colleges, but we are often unsure what it means. The term implies that those candidates who have a criminal background participate in elections and ultimately get appointed as the people’s representative in State Assemblies and the Parliament.   With the Punjab Assembly Elections around the corner, candidates are often under high scrutiny from various media outlets around the…

Delhi CM’s wife to fight for her brother in law, she fights the elections on their behalf of AAP’s Chief Ministerial Candidate. Questions raised on Rabia Kaur calling Charanjit Channi “Dishonest,” Candidates are gearing up in campaigns. With Assembly elections round the corner for Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa, tension runs high across all five states. Punjab Congress recently announced Charanjit Channi as its CM face in the upcoming Assembly elections in the ‘Awaz di Punjab’ rally on February 6. Charanjit Channi was appointed as the CM of Punjab after replacing Amrinder Singh in November 2021. This announcement led…

Rohit Sharma showed displeasure towards Yuzvendra Chahal as he asked him to run faster in between the match; a video surfaced on various social media platforms towards the end of the 2nd ODI match.   Rohit Sharma had shown exceptional leadership skills during the 2nd ODI against West Indies despite encountering a slight fall back on the batting front during the match at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, 9  th February. His last-minute changes in the field placements had dented the West Indies’ winning the game. His choice of changing the bowling lineup by bringing up bowlers such as…

Daniel Vettori, Former New Zealand captain, says that the option for captaincy is right in front of them as he suggested Glen Maxwell as the potential captain of RCB for the IPL 2022 season.  With Virat Kohli stepping down as captain of the RCB squad after the IPL 2021 season due to his workload in international cricket, the spot for captaincy needs to be filled. And with the Indian Premier League 2022 auctions coming up, in the subsequent week, speculations have begun regarding the potential captains for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), and Punjab Super Kings (PBKS).…