Chandigarh [India], August 1 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party Punjab unit on Sunday hit out at the ruling Aam Aadmi Party in the state calling them a political outfit which believes in "sheer propaganda and publicity" while alleging that the party spent Rs 42 lakhs to do "propaganda" of saving of Rs 21 lakhs in the name of presenting a paperless budget.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 29 (ANI): The Punjab unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold a series of programmes from the booth level to the district level marking the eighth anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre.

New Delhi Jan 22 PTI Eyeing to expand its base in Punjab the BJP will nominate Sikh candidates on more than half of the total seats it will contest in next months assembly polls its general secretary Tarun Chugh said on SaturdaySpeaking on the BJP-led alliance which comprises the Punjab Lok Congress and the SAD Sanyukt he said it is expected that most of its candidates for the February 20 polls to the 117-member assembly will be from the Sikh community especially farmers and OBCs The BJP may also explore the option of announcing a chief ministerial face for the alliance Chugh saidSources said that the BJP is likely to contest on 65 out of the total 117 assembly seats in Punjab while its allies the Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress is expected to contest 38 seats and SAD Sanyukt 14The BJP is likely to field 33-35 Sikh candidates and the alliance as a whole may have more than 70 nominees from the community they saidTalking about the BJPs prospects in the elections Chugh who hails from the state said the party will surprise many with its splendid performance in the pollsOn the question of seat sharing with allies Chugh did not divulge any details but said The BJP will play the role of a senior partner in the alliance The BJP will field Sikh candidates on about half of the total seats it will contest and the alliance as a whole will have about 60 per cent Sikh candidates mostly farmers and those from OBC other backward class and SC schedule caste communities he told PTIThe BJP has already announced its first list of 34 candidates which includes 13 farmers and nine from the SC community On whether the BJP or the alliance will project someone as the chief ministerial candidate Chugh saidAll options are open We are open to ideas Asked about the acceptability of the BJP in Punjab in aftermath of the farm laws protest Chugh said regional players have forged an alliance with the BJP and people mostly associated with Sikh religious bodies have been joining the party so it shows the BJPs acceptability in the stateIt is the BJP which has taken concrete steps to double farmers income giving Rs 6000 per year to small and marginal farmers and regularly raising support prices So for an agrarian state like Punjab no party can be more beneficial than the BJP he saidDescribing the BJP as an essentially nationalist party Chugh said nationalism is at the core of its ideology therefore Punjab which is known for its sacrifices for the sake of the nation is an ideal place for it to expand its base and emerge as a force to reckon withIn an apparent dig at Congress Punjab unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu Chugh saidPunjab has suffered most due to Partition and till date due to Pakistan So it will reject those friends of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan who hail him as god of peace Chugh a fully-trained RSS worker has been associated with the BJP for the last three decades He has contested the Punjab assembly elections twice and has been office-bearer in the BJPs national team since 2014 PTI JTR ANB ANB

New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): Ahead of Assembly polls, several leaders from Punjab including former MLA Arvind Khanna, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Gurdeep Singh Gosha, and former Amritsar councillor Dharamveer Sarin joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday in the presence of Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at the party office in the national capital.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 6 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party president of Punjab unit Ashwani Sharma on Thursday demanded an answer from the former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and asked him to "speak up", a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed event at Ferozepur in Punjab on Wednesday had to be cancelled owing to a security lapse.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 19 (ANI): Punjab BJP president Ashwani Sharma on Saturday condemned the alleged attempt to commit sacrilege at Golden Temple in Amritsar and demanded a thorough investigation into this incident.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 18 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections, farmer leader Gurnam Singh Charuni is likely to launch a new political party in Chandigarh on Saturday.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 20 (ANI): The decision to repeal three farm laws announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Gurpurab is likely to have an impact on the assembly elections in Punjab with the BJP likely to take political credit for the decision and other parties too vying for credit due to their opposition to the legislations.

Chandrapur (Maharashtra) [India], November 19 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said the Centre had taken the decision to repeal farm laws in view of upcoming assembly elections.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 17 (ANI): Punjab BJP leaders have hailed the central government for its decision to reopen Karatpur corridor ahead of Guru Nanak Jayanti.