AAP wants financial aid in Punjab for cab drivers, small artists
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He appealed to the Chief Minister to provide financial assistance of ₹5,000 to the taxi and auto drivers
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Leader of opposition in Punjab Assembly Harpal Singh Cheema. File
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He appealed to the Chief Minister to provide financial assistance of ₹5,000 to the taxi and auto drivers
Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Harpal Singh Cheema of Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday wrote a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh demanding to provide financial assistance on the lines of the Delhi government, to the taxi drivers, labourers, shopkeepers, small artists and other poor sections during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Chandigarh, February 28
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1 People wait in line to vote in the Punjab civic body polls in Jalandhar on Sunday. Tribune Photo: Malkiat Singh
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Chandigarh/Muktsar, February 14
Polling was held for over hundred civic bodies in Punjab on Sunday amid stray incidents of skirmishes at some places.
According to officials, seven people were injured in Rupnagar after workers of the ruling Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal clashed following a heated argument in Ward No.1 there.
Skirmishes and scuffles between activists of the Congress and the Opposition parties were also reported from Batala, Rajpura, Tarn Taran, Bathinda, Gurdaspur, Samana, Rupnagar, Nabha, Nangal, Mohali and Ferozepur.
Over 70 pc polling in Punjab civic body polls; skirmishes at some places
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Last Updated: Feb 14, 2021, 11:14 PM IST
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A total of 9,222 candidates are in the fray for the elections to 2,302 wards of eight municipal corporations of Abohar, Bathinda Batala, Kapurthala, Mohali, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Moga, 109 municipal councils and nagar panchayats.
The counting of votes will take place on February 17.
Chandigarh: Over 70 per cent voting was recorded in the elections to over hundred civic bodies in Punjab on Sunday amid stray incidents of skirmishes at some places. The Opposition parties accused the Congress of indulging in violence and misusing government machinery, a charge denied by the ruling party.