Bathinda: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday slammed the Congress for "shielding the culprits" of 1984 anti-Sikh riots and termed as "shameful" the "denial" of justice to the victim families. Sukhbir launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing the party of denying justice to people who were "burnt alive on streets of Delhi" by "shielding Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler."
He said a delegation led by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will meet President Pranab Mukherjee, seeking his direct intervention in the matter besides constitution of an SIT under the supervision of Chief Justice of India and trial of all the cases in a special court. Sukhbir's remarks come in the backdrop of widespread protests against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 Sikh carnage case.
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03:12 AM, May 08, 2013
Bhikhiwind: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh was cremated on Friday with full state honours at his village in Bhikhiwind near Amritsar amidst heavy presence of politicians. Among those present at the funeral were Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. The Punjab government had announced a financial assistance of Rs 1 crore for the family of Sarabjit and declared a...
02:38 PM, May 03, 2013
Chandigarh: Expressing shock and anguish at acquittal of Sajjan Kumar in an anti-Sikh riots case, Shiromani Akali Dal Chief and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday attacked the Congress saying it would not be allowed to put a lid on the issue. Stating that the verdict had dashed hopes of people who waited for nearly three decades for justice, he expressed hope that the Supreme Court would...
05:17 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Chandigarh: Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday said the VAT collections in Punjab had more than doubled in the past five years and was likely to touch Rs 16,000 crore in 2013. Honouring "Achievers of North India" at a function in Chandigarh, he announced his government would honour 635 top VAT payers who were "virtually" sustaining the economy of Punjab. Badal said similar functions would also be organised...
03:05 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Panaji: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will support the prime ministerial candidate proposed by BJP, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Tuesday. "BJP being the biggest constituent of the NDA should decide on the prime ministerial candidate. Akali Dal will accept it," the SAD president said. Badal is in Goa along with party colleagues to participate in the 'Chintan Shivir' being held here. The party leaders visited Goa...
08:09 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Washington: The Indian-American community has welcomed the Punjab government's announcement of 10 per cent housing and plots quota for NRIs in the state. "This is a good decision," said Satnam Singh Chahal of the North American Punjabi Association. Chahal's reaction came after Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday announced in Chandigarh that his "government has evolved a comprehensive plan to make NRIs equal partners in the industrial...
03:15 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal on Monday asked its mayor in Patiala to resign after he was named in a murder case. "Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has directed Mayor of Patiala Municipal Corporation Jaspal Singh Pradhan to immediately tender his resignation from the post of mayor in view of the case registered against him," said party secretary Daljit Singh Cheema. ...
09:08 AM, Feb 26, 2013
Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday said that the party would give its full backing to the BJP's choice of PM candidate. ...
07:15 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Accusing the Congress of politicising the issue of law and order for vested interests, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday said Punjab is a much safer place than other states. "Punjab is a much safer place than other parts of the country," he told reporters here in an apparent reference to Congress' allegations that the law and order had deteriorated in the state. ...
06:45 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Among major countries which are participating are Afghanistan, Argentina, Canada, Denmark, England, Iran, Italy, Kenya, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Scotland, Sierra Leon. ...
10:41 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Here's a look at the nominees of CNN-IBN's Indian of the year in the category of Politics. ...
11:58 PM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal lashed out at Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi for his comment on the youth in Punjab. Rahul had said on Thursday that seven out of 10 youths in the state have drug problem. Reacting to the statement, Badal said Rahul Gandhi was misinformed. "The problem with Rahul is that he comes out of his palace once in a blue moon. For...
02:58 PM, Oct 12, 2012
BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukbhir Singh Badal is being misquoted and that Badal has clarified that FDI will not favour farmers. Earlier, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had said that his party will back FDI if Centre addresses the concerns of traders. Meanwhile, Punjab Mandi Board chairman Ajmer Singh Lakhowal, too, said that FDI in retail will help farmers. ...
12:59 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finally has broken ranks with the NDA and it seems the party is slowly softening its stand towards towards FDI in retail. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said that his party will back FDI if Centre addresses the concerns of traders. Meanwhile, Punjab Mandi Board chairman Ajmer Singh Lakhowal, too, said that FDI in retail will help farmers. However, BJP spokesperson Ravi...
10:09 AM, Sep 26, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of the meeting on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), to be held on Saturday, Chief Ministers from across the states will be arriving in the Capital on Friday. However, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has raised reservations about the act, is already in the Capital. Whereas, both Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his Tamil Nadu counterpart Jayalalithaa, who had slammed the Centre for its...
11:12 AM, May 04, 2012
Chandigarh: While farmers in Bundelkhand are worried about poor produce, Punjab is experiencing a problem of plenty. The state has recorded a bumper harvest and has once again run out of space to store the grain. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has blamed the Centre for the grain storage problem. He says the state godowns are stocked to full capacity. "Grain storage is a huge problem. It is a...
11:20 AM, May 02, 2012
Chandigarh: A day-long bandh called by radical Sikh outfits to protest the proposed execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the Beant Singh killing case, disrupted normal life in parts of Punjab on Tuesday. A report from Patiala said the call for bandh evoked a total response in the city where Rajoana is lodged in the local Central Jail awaiting his execution on March 31 as per the orders of...
10:43 AM, Mar 28, 2012
Chandigarh: Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal on Sunday asked the state government and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to take all possible legal and other steps to secure clemency for Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa International terrorist, facing death sentence for former chief minister Beant Singh's assassination. At an emergency meeting here of the party's core committee, chaired by party president and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal,...
10:13 PM, Mar 25, 2012
Chandigarh: Parkash Singh Badal will take oath as Chief Minister of Punjab on Wednesday for a record fifth time at the head of an 18-member cabinet, including his son Sukhbir who will continue as his deputy for the second successive term of the SAD-BJP alliance ministry. The state, with a 117-member assembly, can have under the Constitution, an 18-member cabinet, including the Chief Minister. 85-year-old Badal senior had headed two...
08:20 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Chandigarh: Putting at rest all speculation, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday declared that Parkash Singh Badal will remain the Chief Minister of Punjab, a post he would be holding for a record fifth time. "I had declared it well in advance that Badal will be the Chief Minister," SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal told reporters at the chief minister's official residence in Chandigarh. Sukhbir said that the swearing-in ceremony...
07:40 PM, Mar 08, 2012
