Congress suspends MLA Sandeep for ‘anti-party activities’
He is nephew of BJP state unit chief Sunil Jakhar
He is nephew of BJP state unit chief Sunil Jakhar
A former Punjab Congress president, who left the party in May 2022 after a five-decade association of his clan, Jakhar, a Hindu Jat, is expected to help the party shed its image of an urban party in the state.
A1985-batch former Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer, Jagmohan Singh Raju (59), joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab before the February 2022 Assembly polls after 35 years of service.
Amid speculation on Ashok Gehlot's replacement as Rajasthan Chief Minister following his bid for Congress presidency, former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar, who had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in May, took a jibe at the Congress party and questioned: "who will be the Channi of Rajasthan?"
BJP's national president JP Nadda inducted Sunil Jakhar into the party at the national headquarters in the national capital today.
By preventing Gandhi from meeting the affected families, BJP has once again exposed its fears that haunt the saffron party over people-centric activities of Gandhi family, Jakhar said.
Sunny Deol was named the BJP candidate from Gurdaspur against Sunil Jakhar after he joined the party on April 23.
The Punjab CM dismisses any threat to Congress's Gurdaspur candidate Sunil Jakhar, says Sunny Deol has no stakes in Punjab and will run away immediately after the elections
Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar, said SAD-BJP combine real threat to peace.
Jakhar said that Sukhbir cannot escape from the responsibility of events (incidents of sacrilege and firing on anti-sacrilege protesters) which happened during his regime.
