Thursday, June 11, 2026
ADVT 
India

No Early Assembly Polls In Punjab: Badal

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 31 May, 2016 11:49 AM
    Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday said that there was no move to advance the assembly elections in the state.
     
    "The state would go to polls on the stipulated time schedule. There is no question to prepone these elections and would be held on its due date," he told media in Ropar district.
     
    Elections to 117 assembly seats in Punjab are likely to be held in February next year as per schedule.
     
    Badal, who is the patron of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal, also said that he saw no threat to the Akali Dal-BJP alliance, which has been in power in Punjab since 2007, from the opposition Congress and new entrant Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
     
    The contest on most seats is likely to be triangular in the next assembly polls.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Freak Weather Ruins Crops In Punjab, Haryana

    Freak Weather Ruins Crops In Punjab, Haryana
    For nearly a decade, farmer Bhupinder Singh has often looked at the sky to thank god for his bumper wheat crop. This year is different. In the past one month, unseasonal rains and hailstorms have left Singh a worried man. Nearly 30 percent of his wheat crop spread over seven acres has been flattened.

    Freak Weather Ruins Crops In Punjab, Haryana

    Top Indian Mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu, Who Went Missing, Found Dead In South America

    Top Indian Mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu, Who Went Missing, Found Dead In South America
    Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu, who was missing since March 24 while climbing the mountains between Chile and Argentina, has been found dead, officials said here on Saturday.

    Top Indian Mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu, Who Went Missing, Found Dead In South America

    Badal Opposes BJP Legislator As Takht Hazoor Sahib Head

    Badal Opposes BJP Legislator As Takht Hazoor Sahib Head
    Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi opposing the "imposition" of a BJP legislator in Maharashtra as head of the managing board of Takht Hazoor Sahib, one of the five high seats of Sikh religion.

    Badal Opposes BJP Legislator As Takht Hazoor Sahib Head

    Fresh Trouble Hits FabIndia After Apology, Bail For Staffers

    Fresh Trouble Hits FabIndia After Apology, Bail For Staffers
    Four employees of Fabindia were released on bail by a Goa court on Saturday, as Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar ruled out any mischief and the company issued an apology to union HRD minister Smriti Irani over the alleged CCTV snooping at a store in the coastal state. 

    Fresh Trouble Hits FabIndia After Apology, Bail For Staffers

    AAP's Self-annihilation: Is Fate On Modi's Side

    AAP's Self-annihilation: Is Fate On Modi's Side
    The Aam Admi Party's (AAP's) suicidal tendencies are bound to help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) more than any other party because the saffron outfit is politically better placed to exploit them.

    AAP's Self-annihilation: Is Fate On Modi's Side

    Muslim Girl From Thane Tops Bhagwad Gita Competition

    Muslim Girl From Thane Tops Bhagwad Gita Competition
    A 12-year old Muslim schoolgirl recently topped an examination on knowledge of the Hindu holy book, Bhagwad Gita, conducted by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), it was announced here on Friday.

    Muslim Girl From Thane Tops Bhagwad Gita Competition