Former Chief Ministers of Punjab Prakash Singh Badal and Sukhbir Singh Badal appeared before the Punjab Police Special Investigation Team probing the 2015 Kotkapura police firing incident that took place against the anti-sacrilege protesters that occurred after the desecration of the holy book of Sikhs in Punjab's Kotkapura in October 14.

Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal attacked the Punjab government over the law and order in the state after a Shiv Sena leader was shot dead in Amritsar on Friday.

New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wished for the speedy recovery of Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal after the latter was hospitalised in Mohali.

Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], April 14 (ANI): On the 131st birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar on Thursday, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann gave a clarion call to people and exhorted them to uphold the spirit of the Indian constitution drafted by him.

Chandigarh Mar 19 PTI Several AAP MLAs who emerged as giant killers by defeating political stalwarts of rival parties in the Punjab Assembly polls did not find a place in Chief Minister Bhagwant Manns cabinetAmong these are Labh Singh Ugoke who defeated former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi in the Bhadaur assembly segment by a margin of 37558 votes and Gurmeet Singh Khuddian who beat Shiromani Akali Dal SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal in his traditional Lambi seat by 11396 votesWhile Ugoke once ran a mobile repair shop Khuddian had joined the AAP after quitting the Congress last yearJeevanjyot Kaur 50 a social activist won from the Amritsar East seat defeating former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia from the Amritsar East seatCharanjit Singh an eye surgeon made Channi bite the dust in his home constituency Chamkaur SahibAAP candidate Ajit Pal Singh Kohli defeated two-time chief minister Amarinder Singh in Patiala Urban while Jagdeep Kamboj trounced SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal in JalalabadSome of the two-time MLAs including Aman Arora Baljinder Kaur and Sarvjit Kaur Manuke also did not get ministerial berthsTen AAP MLAs including a woman were inducted in the Mann-led cabinet in Punjab here on SaturdayBarring Harpal Singh Cheema and Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer eight others are first-time MLAsThere are 18 berths in the cabinet including the chief ministerThe AAP stormed to power after winning 92 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly Mann took oath as Punjab chief minister on Wednesday PTI CHS VSD DIV DIV

Chandigarh Mar 18 PTI Ten ministers including a woman will be inducted in the Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab on Saturday Among the 10 ministers eight are first-time MLAs The swearing-in ceremony of the Manns cabinet will be held at Punjab Raj Bhawan at 11 am officials said Meanwhile Aam Aadmi Party AAP has also decided to nominate Kultar Singh Sandhwan as Speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha After their oath-taking the newly inducted ministers will assume charge in the Punjab Civil Secretariat and the first cabinet meeting of the AAP government will be held in the afternoon sources said In a tweet on Friday evening Bhagwant Mann put out a picture giving names of the 10 party MLAs who will be sworn-in as ministers and congratulated them There are 18 berths in the cabinet including the chief minister Of the ten five MLAs represent Malwa region four Majha and one legislator is from Doaba Four MLAs who will be sworn-in as ministers represent reserve constituencies--Dirba Jandiala Malout and Bhoa The ministers to be inducted include Harpal Singh Cheema second-time legislator from Dirba and the partys Dalit face He was also the Leader of the Opposition in the previous Assembly Two-time Barnala MLA Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer will also find a berth in the Mann-led cabinet Other MLAs to be inducted in the cabinet are Dr Baljit Kaur Harbhajan Singh from Jandiala Dr Vijay Singla from Mansa Lal Chand from Bhoa Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Ajnala Laljit Singh Bhullar from Patti Brahm Shanker from Hoshiarpur and Harjot Bains from Anandpur Sahib Cheema an advocate by profession had defeated Shiromani Akali Dals Gulzar Singh Moonak by a margin of 50655 votes He was first elected as an MLA in 2017 and also served as a member of the Assembly committee on welfare of SCs STs and BCs Meet Hayer president of the AAPs youth wing defeated SAD nominee Kulwant Singh Keetu by a margin of 37622 votes from Barnala seat The lone woman who found ministerial berth is Dr Baljit Kaur who won from Malout An eye surgeon 46 she is the daughter of Sadhu Singh who remained an AAP MP from Faridkot from 2014 to 2019 She joined AAP after resigning from her government job at the Muktsar civil hospital During election meetings she had even examined eye patients Kaur defeated SAD nominee Harpreet Singh by 40261 votes from Malout in Muktsar district Dr Vijay Singla 52 won from Mansa where he defeated popular Punjabi singer and Congress candidate Shubhdeep Singh also called Sidhu Moosewala by a huge margin of 63323 votes Singla is a dentist and did Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Punjabi University Patiala Harjot Bains has been elected from Anandpur Sahib constituency He defeated former speaker and Congress candidate Rana K P Singh Bains a lawyer by profession had unsuccessfully contested from Sahnewal in 2017 Bains is a former president of the partys youth wing Laljit Singh Bhullar became MLA from Patti seat He defeated political stalwart Adesh Partap Singh Kairon who is the son-in-law of former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal Bhullar joined AAP in 2019 Harbhajan Singh won from Jandiala after defeating Punjab Congress working president Sukhwinder Singh Danny Harbhajan had unsuccessfully contested from the seat in 2017 Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal was elected MLA from Ajnala He defeated SAD candidate Amarpal Singh Dhaliwal had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Amritsar Lal Chand Kataruchakk who was president of the partys SC wing won from Bhoa seat in Pathankot He trounced Congress candidate Joginder Pal Bram Shanker Jimpa has been elected from Hoshiarpur seat He defeated former minister and Congress nominee Sunder Sham Arora Earlier the names of Aman Arora Baljinder Kaur and Sarvjit Kaur Manuke who are two-time AAP MLAs were also doing the rounds for ministerial berths Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit had on Wednesday administered the oath of office and secrecy to Bhagwant Mann in a ceremony at Khatkar Kalan the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh AAP romped home with 92 seats in the 117-member Punjab assembly decimating the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party combine PTI SUN CHS VSD PTI SUN CHS VSD RDK RDK RDK

New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that he is sure that Bhagwant Mann will fulfil every expectation of the people of Punjab as the chief minister of the state.

Chandigarh [India], March 11 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party Punjab Legislative Party is set to meet on Friday at Chandigarh's Mohali club to elect their leader (Chief Minister), according to sources.

Sangrur (Punjab) [India], March 11 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister-elect Bhagwant Mann on Friday left for New Delhi where he is scheduled to meet Aam Aadmi Party's national convenor Arvind Kejriwal.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 10 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has bagged a historic win in Punjab Assembly polls by winning a three-fourth majority with 92 seats, maximum in over four decades.