Articles by Sukhdeep Kaur
Little choice, reluctant leaders: Congress losing perception game?
Though party president Rahul Gandhi has decentralised the ticket allotment process, the new system has not ended party’s old troubles

Published on Apr 07, 2019 12:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 |‘Powerless couple’: Navjot Sidhu, wife say no to Congress LS seat offer in Punjab
Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu says his party -Congress- consulted him and his wife Navjot Kaur on Amritsar seat, but they refused to contest.

Updated on Apr 27, 2020 11:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress clears 6 names for Punjab, fields all sitting MPs
All four sitting MPs have been renominated from their seats. Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar has been fielded from Gurdaspur and Ravneet Bittu from Ludhiana. Santokh Chaudhary and Gurjit Aujla will fight from Jalandhar and Amritsar, respectively.

Published on Apr 03, 2019 02:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Lok Sabha election: Hindu-Sikh, loyalty factors at play as Congress takes a call on candidates in Punjab
Three district party chiefs write to Rahul seeking Anandpur Sahib ticket for Jat Sikh amid reports of Manish Tewari’s likely candidature from seat; besides Jakhar, party looks at Ferozepur, Anandpur Sahib, Sangrur and Bathinda to field second Hindu face.

Updated on Mar 30, 2019 08:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: No party’s pocket borough, Anandpur Sahib constituency is anybody’s game
No party has won twice in a row in Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha constituency since the last five elections.

Updated on Mar 28, 2019 12:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Punjab has little to gain from Rahul Gandhi’s minimum income plan
Punjab’s average monthly household income is ₹16,000, higher than eligibility threshold of ₹12,000.

Published on Mar 27, 2019 01:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: AAP wants 3 seats in Punjab, Congress willing to concede just Sangrur
A senior Congress leader said the party is willing to concede just one parliamentary seat, Sangrur, to AAP. The party does not have a formidable contender there and the AAP needs the seat to field its state president Bhagwant Mann.

Updated on Mar 20, 2019 06:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Congress in dilemma over Hindu candidates in Punjab
In 2014 parliamentary polls, the party had fielded three Hindus — Ambika Soni from Anandpur Sahib, Sunil Jakhar from Ferozepur and Vijay Inder Singla from Sangrur. All three had lost in three-way split of votes with the entry of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Published on Mar 19, 2019 02:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Former PM Manmohan Singh not keen to contest elections, say sources
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, state party chief Sunil Jakhar and general secretary in-charge of Punjab affairs Asha Kumari met former prime minister Manmohan Singh at his residence in New Delhi on Sunday evening at 5pm urging him to contest from Amritsar.

Updated on Mar 11, 2019 09:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Cong to sound poll bugle with Rahul’s rally in Moga today
Lok Sabha elections: Though a political rally, Rahul will hand over debt waiver certificates to landless farmers and labourers. But party leaders say the rally theme is likely to be “jawan” not “kisan”.

Updated on Mar 07, 2019 08:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Rahul Gandhi’s Moga rally theme changes from ‘kisan’ to ‘jawan’
Rahul Gandhi was to sound the poll bugle for the Lok Sabha elections in Punjab with launch of debt relief scheme for farm labourers and landless farmers, approved by the state cabinet on Saturday.

Updated on Mar 03, 2019 11:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh/Moga | Sukhdeep Kaur
5 lakh ‘not out’, Navjot Singh Sidhu stumps CM in popularity on Twitter
The cricketer-turned-politician crossed the mark of 5 lakh followers on Thursday, more than three months after reactivating his account. By Friday, the number had jumped to 5.14 lakh. He has beaten chief minister Amarinder Singh, who joined the site in March 2011 and has 4.85 lakh followers

Updated on Mar 02, 2019 11:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Hoshiarpur MP Vijay Sampla fighting ‘missing’ tag
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Though credited with starting Adampur-Delhi daily flights and four-laning highways to Hoshiarpur, BJP MP from Hoshiarpur and Union minister Vijay Sampla is criticised for being missing from his constituency after he becoming a minister.

Updated on Mar 11, 2019 11:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Punjab Assembly passes bill for declaration of MLA assets with new deadline
Along with the The Punjab Legislative Assembly (Salaries and Allowances of Members) Amendment Bill , the assembly passed three more bills, including the one to hike the stamp duty.

Updated on Feb 26, 2019 01:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Congress in a huddle over former PM Manmohan Singh’s seat
Manmohan Singh’s term in the Rajya Sabha is ending on June 14 this year. The term of another Congress Rajya MP, Santiuse Kujur, also elected from Assam, will end at the same time.

Published on Feb 23, 2019 11:52 PM IST
Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Cong vs Cong in Punjab assembly, SAD raises sack-Sidhu pitch
Ministers accuse own govt of ‘colluding’ with Akalis; cornered over Pulwama remark, Sidhu dubs Majithia ‘a smuggler, a thief’; AAP asks CM to quit saying his colleagues accused him of shielding ex-minister.

Updated on Feb 18, 2019 10:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Sidhu defiant after contentious Pulwama comment, Akalis demand his sacking
Navjot Sidhu said that he won’t be cowed down by trolls for his comments on the Pulwama attack but the Akali Dal and the BJP have demanded that the Congress expel him from the party..

Published on Feb 16, 2019 09:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Punjab Budget session Day 2: AAP guns for Akalis, speaker Rana gives treasury benches an earful
Speaker tells parliamentary affairs minister Brahm Mohindra to ensure attendance of ministers, officers

Updated on Feb 14, 2019 12:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Navjot Singh Sidhu gets bullet-proof Land Cruiser from Punjab CM’s fleet over ‘higher threat perception’
The move comes after the home department headed by the Punjab CM Amarinder Singh enhanced his cabinet colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu’s security cover to ‘Z Plus’ category.

Updated on Jan 10, 2019 09:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Punjab Congress likely to kick-start Lok Sabha polls preparations next week
Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar will kick-start preparations for Lok Sabha elections by holding meetings in each of the 13 parliamentary segments.

Updated on Jan 07, 2019 02:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Punjab MLAs all set for the Andamans, third time in 3 months
Two committees of the Punjab assembly have already visited the Andaman and Nicobar islands in the last two months. The first committee went in October this year to study its local government model and the second went to study the welfare of the Dalits.

Updated on Dec 19, 2018 12:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Rahul didn’t ask me to go, I went on Imran Khan’s personal invite: Navjot Singh Sidhu on Pakistan visit
Sidhu’s visit to Pakistan for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor had recieved criticism over his praise of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and a photo taken with a Khalistani leader.

Updated on Dec 02, 2018 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sukhdeep Kaur
Congress divided over Amarinder Singh’s no to Pakistan invite for Kartarpur event
Punjab Jails and cooperation minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said the Sikh community is thankful to Pakistan’s Imran Khan government for opening up the corridor. But Assembly speaker Rana KP Singh too hailed CM Amarinder Singh’s move saying Amarinder is as true a Sikh as he is a nationalist.

Updated on Nov 27, 2018 10:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Office-of-profit bill on hold, Punjab governor goes for legal opinion
The Punjab State Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification) (Amendment) Bill, 2018, was tabled by Amarinder Singh-led government to placate the sulking MLAs after cabinet expansion in April this year.

Updated on Oct 28, 2018 09:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Talks fail, Punjab minister says donations and political ambition driving Bargari stir
In line of fire from a section of his own party for the failure of talks, Bajwa accuses leaders spearheading the morcha of changing goalposts.

Updated on Oct 25, 2018 09:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur, Chandigarh
Amarinder Singh to proceed on 4-day holiday to Turkey from Israel
Questions being raised within Congress on timing of sabbatical in view of Amritsar tragedy; CM’s media adviser says he will also pay homage at Gallipoli to soldiers from his regiment who lost their lives in World War-I

Updated on Oct 22, 2018 10:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Amritsar train accident triggers political slugfest
Both SAD-BJP and Sidhu loyalists posted videos making claims and counter-claims over what happened.

Updated on Oct 21, 2018 11:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Disquiet grows in Punjab Congress over Bargari standoff
On Sunday, the congregation became a ragtag bunch of radicals, written-off politicians and ambitious Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) rebels joining ranks to take on the government.

Updated on Oct 16, 2018 10:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Sukhdeep Kaur
Bargari upsurge shows urgency to deliver justice: Sunil Jakhar
The Badals are not the Akali Dal. If a vote on most unpopular persons of Punjab is held today, they will win hands down, says Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar

Updated on Oct 14, 2018 09:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh |
Ramesh Vinayak and Sukhdeep Kaur
ED shifted Inderjit drug case to Niranjan’s junior in September
Punjab’s anti-drug STF had arrested ex-inspector Inderjit last year with drugs and arms.

Updated on Oct 13, 2018 11:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sukhdeep Kaur