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Presidential poll: BJP's former ally Akali Dal to back NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu
•SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said the party can never support a candidate backed by Congress as he accused the party of committing atrocities against the Sikh community
BJP chief JP Nadda reaches out to Akali Dal's Sukhbir Badal, seeks support for Droupadi Murmu's presidential bid
•The decades-old alliance between the BJP and Akali Dal broke down on the issue of the three farm laws which the Modi government later annulled
BJP’S move in Chandigarh sets the cat among the Opposition pigeons
Arup Ghosh •Keep in mind, the demand to implement Central service rules for Chandigarh employees had been pending for nearly 25 years. But it took a master strategist like Amit Shah to turn a demand into an opportunity
Assembly election results 2022: Time for new politics, not just new leaders
Ratan Sharda •Narendra Modi has changed the paradigm of Indian politics and initiated a new politics based on economic well-being and last-mile targeted delivery that has dismantled old politics of feudalism, favouritism, casteism and rhetorics
2022 Assembly poll results: AAP wins Punjab, test of ‘Delhi Model’ comes now
Arup Ghosh •Arvind Kejriwal was smart enough to focus purely on poll strategy. So, the ‘Delhi Model’ came into play with an emphasis on education, health and power. This is what the youth in Punjab wanted to hear
Assembly Elections 2022: All 117 seats in Punjab, 59 in Uttar Pradesh to go to polls tomorrow
•Polling in Punjab will be held from 8 am to 6 pm. In Uttar Pradesh, the polling will take place between 7 am and 6 pm, according to the election authorities. The counting will take place on 10 March
Punjab polls: How Charanjit Singh Channi’s parochialism is in line with Rahul Gandhi’s ‘union of state’ vision
Gautam Mukherjee •The latest hijab agitation, which the Congress backs along with some Islamic organisations, is yet another example of this strategy
Punjab Assembly polls: Congress faces twin challenge from SAD, AAP in Dalit-dominated Doaba region
•The BJP, which traditionally enjoys support in a few urban pockets, and the SAD are making all-out efforts to reap dividends in the fertile Doaba region in the 20 February polls
Punjab polls: Akali Dal only Punjab-based party, AAP and Cong remote-controlled by Delhi, says Sukhbir Badal
•Talking to PTI, the Akali Dal chief also said that the BSP is a much better ally than the BJP and ruled out the possibility of coming together with the saffron party again
Punjab Assembly elections: Calls for change in Malwa give AAP a fighting chance
Aman Sharma •While people have one complaint or the other with the Congress and the Akali Dal, there is no major grouse with the Arvind Kejriwal-led party