2022 Punjab Elections
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Punjab Assembly Elections: State Election Commission orders FIR against Arvind Kejriwal for poll code violation
•The Akali Dal lodged a complaint over a video uploaded by AAP. Poll officials said no party can upload videos targeting particular political leaders in view of the model code of conduct, which has been in force in the state since 8 January
Punjab Assembly Elections: Rahul Gandhi visits Golden Temple, to address virtual rally in Jalandhar
Fp Staff •The Congress leader is on a day-long visit to Punjab during which he is set to visit religious places along with the 109 candidates in an apparent show of strength ahead of Assembly elections that are due next month
Punjab Assembly Elections: Rahul Gandhi in state today, to visit Sri Harmandir Sahib with 117 candidates
•This will the first visit of the Congress leader to the state since the imposition of a ban on physical rallies by the Election Commission of India at the start of the month
Punjab polls: Amritsar-based conjoined twins Sohna-Mohna get separate voter ID cards
•Special arrangements will be made for Sohna and Mohna so that both can vote separately, maintaining their privacy, officials said
Days after busting terror module, police seizes 2.5 kg RDX, arms in poll-bound Punjab
•A detonator, a detonating cord, five explosive fuses along with wires and 12 live cartridges of AK-47 rifles, have also been seized, police said
Former Punjab cabinet minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi quits Congress, joins BJP
•Sodhi, an MLA for the last four terms and who is considered close to former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, announced his resignation from the Congress on Twitter and posted the letter sent to party president Sonia Gandhi.
With a reluctant Ambika Soni and Sunil Jakhar in mix, Congress struggles to find Amarinder's replacement
Fp Staff •The names of former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar, current state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa are doing the rounds.
Hours before resigning, Amarinder Singh expressed anguish in letter to Sonia Gandhi
Fp Staff •He said he was satisfied at having done his best for people as the chief minister of Punjab