Lok Sabha Elections 2014

SCORE appeal Punjabis to elect Qualified and Rightful Candidates for Indian Parliament

Washington, Untied States (April 28, 2014): A US based NGO, Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE) has appealed to people of Punjab to elect candidates for Indian parliament who display qualities which would make them the rightful representatives of the state's interests. Punjab and many other states go on polls for parliament on April 30.

Bikram Majithia declared ‘tankhaiya’ by Takht Sri Hazur Sahib; Akal Takht Jathedar evades direct comment

Amritsar, Punjab (April 28, 2014): It is learnt that Takht Sri Hazur Sahib has declared Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia as 'tankhaiya' in wake of his blasphemous speech distorting a Shabad of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

Seminar Report : Sikh Nation and the Indian Elections – an analysis

Hoshiarpur, Punjab (April 28, 2014): Sikh Nationalist party Dal Khalsa, on April 27, said the elections are irrelevant because New Delhi has failed to take steps to meet longstanding Sikh demands, including the release of detainees, justice for victims of 1984 genocide, punishment to guilty police officers, fulfilling greater political aspirations.

Narendra Modi’s pro-farmer and pro-Punjab talks an eyewash and holds no water: Dal Khalsa

Amritsar, Punjab (April 27, 2014): Dal Khalsa said BJP’s PM pick Narendra Modi is responsible for anti-Muslim killings of 2002 and recent threat of eviction ...

In wake of recent attack, Aam Aadmi Party apprehends violence in Varanasi; Writes to Election Commission of India

New Delhi, India (April 26, 2014) As per information the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has written to the Election Commission of India demanding deployment of ...

Posing with those accused for patronizing drug trade in Punjab, Modi warn Pakistan against drugs infiltration

Amritsar/ Pathankot (April 26, 2014): Drugs abuse has grown as a big problem in Punjab. Various studies suggest that majority of Punjab youth is in death grip of very harmful drugs. Though there has been occasional seizure of huge quantity of drugs being smuggled into Punjab from Indo-Pak international border in Punjab, the drug trade has been growing almost unchecked.

Expression of slave mind: Bikram Majithia distorts Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s shabad while demanding votes for Arun Jaitly

Amritsar, Punjab (April 25, 2014) In an expression of mental slavery, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) leader Bikram Majithia distorted a verse from a Shabad of Guru Gobind Singh Ji to appease Hindutva ideolauge and BJP candidate from Amritsar Lok Sabha Seat.

Arvind Kejriwal tops Time Magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential People

New Delhi, India (April 24, 2014): It is learnt that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) founder Arvind Kejriwal is declared as the most influential person in Time magazine’s readers poll of 100 Most Influential People in the world with the highest percentage of ‘yes’ votes. Arvind Kejriwal pipped BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and American singer Katy Perry.

Seminar on ‘Sikh Nation and Indian Elections-an analysis’ to be held on April 27 at Hoshiarpur

Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh, in a written press release sent to the Sikh Siyasat News (SSN), said: [e]very election puts struggling nations and their representative bodies in a fix as they debate their participation mindful of the pitfalls that such elections have inbuilt in them.

Aam Aadmi Party and the Sikhs — How Sikhs should deal with AAP (by S. Ajmer Singh)

This clip is video recording of S. Ajmer Singh's lecture, in which he expressed his views about the rise of Aam Aadmi Party, it's leadership, situations in which it emerged and on certain stands taken by it. He also expressed his views that how the Sikh nationalist leadership should deal with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (Maan) releases election manifesto for Lok Sabha elections 2014

Chandigarh/ Punjab (April 23, 2014): According to media reports Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (Mann) secretary general Jaswant Singh Mann released the election manifesto of the party for the parliamentary polls.

Capt. Amrinder Singh gives clean chit to Jagdish Tytler; ’84 victims stage protest

Amritsar, Punjab (April 21, 2014): Congress candidate for Lok Sabha elections 2014 from Amritsar (Punjab) constituency, Captain Amrinder Singh, has courted another controversy. Former Punjab CM Amrinder Singh, who had been opposing June 1984 Sikh martyrs memorial raised inside Darbar Sahib complex, has now given 'clean chit' to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler who faces allegations of perpetrating genocidal violence against the Sikhs in November 1984.

Indian Elections 2014 and the Sikh Panth

A special lecture of Sikh intellectual and Historian S. Ajmer Singh was arranged on topic: “Indian Elections 2014 and the Sikh Panth” on April 10, 2014 at Gurdwara Sahib, Sikh Patti, Village Jagatpur near Mukandpur, Phillar Banga Road, District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab.

Bhattal says: Congress not against Ram Mandir, No Problem if BJP builds it

Jalandhar, Punjab (April 18, 2014): Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal has triggered a controversy in the already charged political atmosphere by making a statement that said the Congress party was not averse to the idea of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) building Ram Mandir on the 'controversial' space in Ayodhya but was definitely against the 'politicization' of the issue by the saffron party during polls.

Dal Khalsa resolves to stay away from Parliament elections under Indian dispensation

Amritsar, Punjab (April 17, 2014): In a breakthrough decision, the Dal Khalsa has resolved to stay away from Parliament elections under Indian dispensation and renew their struggle for Sikh independence.

Sant Samaj and Damdami Taksal declare to support Badal Dal consolidates; silent on BJP

Chandigarh/ Punjab (April 17, 2014): It is learnt that the Gurmat Sidhant Parcharak Sant Samaj and Mehta faction of Damdami Taksal have extended their support to Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) in Lok Sabha Elections.

Drama unfolds: ‘Depressed’ supporter, who threated AAP candidate over phone, surrenders before police

Jalandhar, Punjab (April 16, 2014): According to media reports [t]he Jalandhar Police and the Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat heaved a sigh of relief Wednesday as the person who had called on the mobile of the candidate to deliver a threat surrendered in a police station here.

Water pollution causing major health hazards in Punjab but not on poll agenda of any political party

Ludhiana, Punjab (April 16, 2014): Environmental issues have largely been ignored in the Lok Sabha election campaign in Punjab at a time when the adverse impact of water pollution on people’s health manifests in the significant increase in cancer deaths and incidences of water-borne diseases. None of the mainstream political parties have so far touched the issue in their speeches.

Arun Jaitly’s shows up his anti-Sikh mindset

Amritsar, Punjab (April 15, 2014): Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) candidate from Amritsar Lok Sabha seat has been running his office from the Khanna Smark in Amritsar, named after late Hasrbans Lal Khanna, who was responsible for committing a nefarious, provocative and highly sacrilegious act against Guru Ram Das ji, Darbar Sahib (Amritsar) and the Sikhs.

Harbhajan Mann, Jazzy B, Diljit Dosanjh, Gippey Grewal face wrath of netizens for supporting/ praising Badal Dal led Punjab Govt.

Chandigarh/ Punjab (April 15, 2014): As you surf Punjabi television channels these days, you find singer-actor Harbhajan Mann telling viewers in his mellifluous voice, “Kuch saal pehlon tak, Punjab ch bilji sirf badlaan ton hi garajdi si. Par pichley panj saalan ch Badal sarkar ney bijli di aisi lishk khilaari hai ki gali-gali, pind-pind lishk reha hai.

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