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Punjab polls:13 doctors make it to assembly; vow to strengthen health infra

Punjab's health system could go under the knife with 13 doctors making it to the state assembly this election, including 10 from the AAP which is set to form the next government. "I feel the way the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worked in Delhi in various sectors, particularly health, instilled confidence among doctors. The doctors were excited and wanted this (Delhi) system in Punjab too. "We felt if we have proper infrastructure here, we can deliver better. I was doing a government job and saw the shortcomings there, which we will rectify now," Baljit Kaur (46), an eye surgeon, commented on most of the winning AAP candidates coming from the medical background. Kaur, the AAP candidate from Malout, had defeated SAD's Harpreet Singh by a margin of 40,261 votes. The entrance of qualified doctors into the political space has got a thumbs-up from various quarters who have called it a "sign of positive change". Among the 13 doctors elected to the state assembly, two are women practitioners --

'AAP no alternative to BJP,' says Union Minister Jitendra Singh

'The vote AAP has secured in Punjab is not pro-AAP party and it is an anti-establishment vote and incidentally the BJP was not part of the establishment in Punjab,' says Singh

Punjab: AAP govt to take oath on March 16 at Bhagat Singh's native village

Punjab CM-designate Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said that the swearing-in ceremony of the new government will be held on March 16 at the native village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

AAP's Bhagwant Mann meets governor, stakes claim to form gov in Punjab

"We staked claim to form the government and the governor sahib approved it," said Mann.

AAP to launch massive membership drive in southern states, take out marches

AAP has decided to launch a massive membership drive in the southern states to build on the momentum of its stupendous victory in the Punjab Assembly polls.

Stop making childish excuses, face Delhi civic polls: Sisodia to BJP

Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia hit back and dared the saffron party to face the election instead of making "childish excuses".

Meet people in villages, cities and resolve their issues: Mann to AAP MLAs

Mann was on Friday unanimously elected as the leader of the AAP's legislature party in Punjab and he will meet the governor on Saturday to stake claim to form the government in the state

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Live news: BJP wins four of five Assembly elections, setting the tone for the general election two years from now.

Election results: BJP, AAP prepare for govt formation, Congress sulks

Some leaders from the 'Group of 23' of Congress that had questioned the party leadership met at the residence of Ghulam Nabi Azad

Kejriwal killing democracy by starving local bodies of funds: BJP

The BJP Friday took umbrage at AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal for "attacking" the Election Commission and electoral process over the delay in announcement of MCD poll dates

Bhagwant Mann to meet Kejriwal in Delhi, invite him for oath ceremony

After AAP's historic win in the Punjab Assembly polls, party's chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann will visit Delhi to meet CM Arvind Kejriwal and invite him for the oath taking ceremony.

Bhagwant Mann to meet AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi

AAP's chief ministerial face in Punjab, Bhagwant Mann, will visit Delhi on Friday to meet party national convener Arvind Kejriwal. This comes after the party stormed to power in Punjab decimating the Congress and the SAD-BSP combine. Talking to reporters in Sangrur before leaving for the national capital, Mann said he was going to meet Kejriwal and will congratulate him on the party's stupendous victory in the Punjab elections. To a question on government formation, Mann said, I will meet the (Punjab) governor tomorrow. We will seek time from him today. Mann said the oath-taking ceremony will be held at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in Nawanshahr district. On the party's resounding poll victory, Mann said, The people defeated arrogant persons and they made the common people victorious. Mann won from the Dhuri seat by a huge margin of 58,206 votes. The Aam Aadmi Party romped home in 92 of the 117 assembly seats. Several stalwarts .

Election results 2022: BJP drubs Opposition 4-1; AAP sweeps Punjab

The main opposition party in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party (SP), posted a good performance (111 seats, up from 47) but was nowhere near the midway mark

The new election paradigm

Welfarism is gaining ground among voters

4-1 for BJP, retains UP, U'khand, Goa, Manipur; 'Mann ki baat' in Punjab

The outcome of the Assembly polls held over February and March and seen as a barometer of people's mood also saw the Congress' epitaph written on the electoral battlefield

After landslide victory in Punjab, AAP set to gain in Rajya Sabha polls

With a landslide victory in Punjab under its belt, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) appears set to make big inroads in Rajya Sabha.

Punjab polls: AAP greenhorn, eye surgeon make Channi bite the dust

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi was defeated by AAP's first-timer and an eye surgeon from Bhadaur and Chamkaur Sahib seats, respectively.

Assembly polls: BJP soars as space further shrinks for Congress, AAP rises

BJP's splendid performance in the four states ruled by it, sweeping away opposition parties with its governance model and PM Modi's popularity has made it the firm favourites for the 2024 elections

Punjab polls: Sukhbir Badal defeated from Jalalabad seat by AAP rival

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal lost to AAP's Jagdeep Kamboj from Jalalabad seat in Punjab's Fazilka district, according to poll results declared on Thursday.

AAP's victory an indictment of political establishment: Yogendra Yadav

Yogendra Yadav termed the Arvind Kejriwal-led party's performance in Punjab as "spectacular and extraordinary", but said it's more "an indictment" of the "entire political establishment"