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Jakhar dares CM Mann to pass state’s draft agricultural policy

Training his guns on the AAP government, Jakhar said the Mann dispensation was quick to reject the Centre’s draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing but has not taken any call on implementing the state agricultural policy framed by the Punjab State Farmers’ and Farm Workers’ Commission.

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Saturday dared chief minister Bhagwant Mann to pass the state’s draft agricultural policy, which recommended the reduction of paddy area in over-exploited blocks and also an alternative marketing system. (Sant Arora/HT)

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Published on Mar 02, 2025 05:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

MSP law can harm Punjab farmers’ interests, says BJP’s Sunil Jakhar

Sunil Jakhar exhorted farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal to end their prolonged fast citing serious health risks

Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar (Sant Arora/HT)

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Updated on Dec 24, 2024 08:52 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Civic body polls: Jakhar ‘missing’, Rupani takes charge, to chair key Punjab BJP meet today

On Monday, the party finalised tickets for the municipal councils and majority of candidates for the municipal corporations will be finalised on Tuesday

Senior leader Vijay Rupani chairs a BJP meet on Monday. (HT)

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Updated on Dec 10, 2024 07:44 AM IST

ByRavinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh

{Post bypolls results} Punjab BJP gets ready for overhaul

With incumbent state chief Sunil Jakhar expressing unwillingness to continue, the revamp will take place along with its internal polls

Party insiders suggest that the revamp will take place alongside BJP’s internal organisational elections which are expected to commence in December this year. (HT File)

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Published on Nov 21, 2024 10:06 PM IST

ByRavinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh

Punjab BJP chief opposes Centre’s move to allot land for Haryana assembly in UT

Sunil Jakhar urges PM Modi to intervene and cancel move to allot 10 acres to Haryana to build separate assembly complex in Chandigarh, saying it will “emotionally hurt Punjabis”.

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Thursday opposed the Centre’s move to allot 10 acres in the Union Territory of Chandigarh to Haryana for building its own Vidhan Sabha complex and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to cancel it. (HT file photo)

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Published on Nov 14, 2024 02:28 PM IST

ByRavinder Vasudeva

Punjab: Jakhar takes a dig at SAD’s political plight

Jakhar said while the reasons for this plight of the Akali Dal need to be considered, it is also a bitter truth that bad crimes were committed in the past and its perpetrators must be punished

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Updated on Nov 08, 2024 09:08 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Jakhar’s ‘absence’ leaves BJP Punjab unit baffled

Jakhar, who had not attended party meetings for almost 2 months, was present on October 17 during the swearing-in ceremony of the BJP government in Haryana.

Sunil Jakhar’s absence from the state has left the leaders perplexed. (Ht File)

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Updated on Oct 24, 2024 06:14 AM IST

ByRavinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh

Sunil Jakhar missing in action, seniority war erupts as BJP appoints in-charges for bypoll to 4 assemblies

While the party has given preference to old timers and grassroots leaders, a section is upset over their “seniority being ignored”

With state BJP chief Sunil Jakhar distancing himself from party affairs, the list released by the party did not bear his signatures. (HT File)

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Updated on Oct 05, 2024 06:58 AM IST

ByRavinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh

Sunil Jakhar skips Punjab BJP meeting, Vijay Rupani says he hasn’t resigned

BJP Punjab affairs in-charge Vijay Rupani, downplaying Sunil Jakhar’s absence, said that he couldn’t attend the state-level meeting as he had to be in Delhi for some personal work.

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Updated on Oct 01, 2024 09:02 AM IST

ByRavinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh

Amid buzz over resignation, Jakhar meets BJP chief Nadda

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar met party president JP Nadda to seek relief from his position amid confusion over his resignation.

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Updated on Sep 30, 2024 07:10 AM IST

ByRavinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh

‘Miffed’ BJP Punjab chief Jakhar stays away from party functions

Party functionaries privy to the development said that Sunil Jakhar is “miffed” with the high command for meddling in Punjab affairs and also not getting the Rajya Sabha seat as “promised” at the time when he made the switch from the Congress to the saffron party.

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Updated on Sep 28, 2024 06:46 AM IST

ByRavinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh

Punjab BJP rejects reports of Jakhar quitting as state unit chief

Though Sunil Jakhar, 70, himself is not responding to calls, his aide Sanjeev Trikha said “that there is nothing like this”, while state unit general secretary Anil Sarin dismissed reports of his resignation as “totally baseless and false”.

The Punjab BJP on Friday asserted that Sunil Jakhar was leading the party in the state, dismissing as “totally baseless” speculation that he had resigned from his post. (HT file photo)

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Updated on Sep 27, 2024 12:29 PM IST

ByPress Trust of India

BJP rejig: After Rajasthan & Bihar, all eyes on Punjab

A Congress veteran and former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Sunil Jakhar, joined the BJP in 2022 and was appointed state chief on July 4, 2023.

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Updated on Aug 01, 2024 08:10 AM IST

ByRavinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh

Punjab BJP performed better in Lok Sabha elections, but better not enough: Jakhar

State unit chief expresses concern over the BJP losing its traditional Lok Sabha seats of Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Hoshiarpur

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar reviewed the party’s performance in the June 1 Lok Sabha elections at a meeting with office-bearers and party candidates in Chandigarh on Saturday. (HT file photo)

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Updated on Jun 15, 2024 04:00 PM IST

ByPress Trust of India

Punjab BJP chief urges PM Modi to name Adampur airport after Guru Ravidas

During his poll rally in Hoshiarpur on May 30, Modi had said it was his wish that the Adampur airport be named after Guru Ravidas, who he described as a big inspiration.

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to fulfil the long-pending demand of the people to name the Adampur airport after the 15th-century preacher Guru Ravidas. (HT file photo)

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Published on Jun 13, 2024 03:22 PM IST

ByPress Trust of India

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar condemns assault on MP-elect Kangana Ranaut

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar condemns attack on Kangana Ranaut by CISF constable, calling it 'most unfortunate' and violence as a means of dissent unacceptable.

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Updated on Jun 08, 2024 07:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar writes to CEO, complains about forcible removal of party’s booths

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Friday filed a complaint with the state chief electoral officer (CEO) against the alleged forcible removal of the party’s booths in two villages of Faridkot and Sangrur districts

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Updated on Jun 01, 2024 08:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Citing urban-rural divide, Jakhar builds narrative against farmer protest, woos bizmen

With Sunil Jakhar lashing out at farmer unions, a few incidents have came to light in which unions faced opposition from shopkeepers and urban population for obstructing BJP’s campaign in urban areas.

BJP leader Sunil Jakhar has been raising the issue of “shattered” economy of Punjab and the worsening “law and order” situation.

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Updated on May 31, 2024 06:12 AM IST

ByRavinder Vasudeva, Jalandhar/amritsar

Farmers’ protests triggered urban-rural divide: Jakhar

The state president of the BJP said blocked roads disrupted industrial operations, leading to massive financial losses.

BJP’s Punjab president Sunil Jakhar during a meeting with industrialists in Ludhiana on Tuesday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)

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Updated on May 29, 2024 06:54 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Jalandhar/ludhiana

BJP is not anti-farmers, says Jakhar

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Punjab president Sunil Jakhar said, “The BJP is not anti-farmers and rather Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to work for their welfare.”

BJP Punjab president Sunil Jakhar (C) campaigning in support of party candidate Subash Sharma (L) in Mohali on Saturday. (HT Photo)

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Updated on May 26, 2024 08:32 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

Punjab got ‘massive’ central funds in last 10 years: Jakhar

Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar on Sunday said that people of the state across all spectrums benefited from “massive” funds provided by the Narendra Modi government during the past 10 years

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Updated on May 20, 2024 07:04 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Why don’t farmers protest against AAP govt over MSP bonus: Jakhar

According to Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar, the AAP government in Punjab promised to pay ₹20,000 per acre compensation for crop damages during floods last year but the farmers received just ₹6,800 per acre which the Centre had allocated out of the disaster relief fund.

The state BJP chief underlined a slew of “farmer-friendly” measures initiated by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre, seeking to debunk the “false” narrative being scripted by AAP and Congress in Punjab to divert attention from their “failures”.

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Updated on May 16, 2024 08:20 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

State chief Sunil Jakhar, ex-minister Rana Gurmeet Sodhi tussle delays BJP’s final list for Punjab

All 13 parliamentary constituencies in Punjab will go to the polls in the last and final phase of voting on June 1. Barring Ferozepur, Fategarh Sahib, Sangrur and Anandpur Sahib, the BJP has declared all its Punjab candidates

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Updated on May 03, 2024 08:40 AM IST

ByRavinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh

Congress state top brass ignoring its leaders, says Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state chief Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday said that the Punjab Congress was undermining its state leaders, forcing them to quit the party

Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sunil Jakhar. (ANI)

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Updated on May 02, 2024 07:54 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Hoshiarpur LS seat: Differences sorted, claims Jakhar; Sampla mum

Jakhar held a closed-door meeting with Sampla for nearly two hours, after which the BJP state chief claimed that everything had been sorted out

On Thursday, Sampla had met BJP president JP Nadda in Delhi, but the talks had failed. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 21, 2024 05:30 AM IST

ByHarpreet Kaur, Hoshiarpur

Jakhar seeks ED probe into Punjab excise policy

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Friday said a party delegation will approach the election commission and seek an enforcement directorate (ED) probe to unearth the role of AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal and party’s Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha in the Punjab excise policy, which he claimed was tailored along the lines of the one for Delhi.

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Updated on Mar 23, 2024 09:12 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

After Kejriwal’s arrest, Punjab BJP chief demands ED probe into state’s excise policy

Sunil Jakhar says high-powered delegation of BJP will meet authorities of the Election Commission on Saturday to demand an ED probe

Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann. State BJP chief Sunil Jakhar alleged that the excise policy under which Delhi ministers have been jailed has been implemented in Punjab and sought a probe by the Enforcement Directorate. (HT file photo)

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Updated on Mar 22, 2024 03:08 PM IST

ByPress Trust of India

BJP chief Sunil Jakhar takes a dig at AAP over AAP MP Raghav Chadha’s ‘absence’, Punjab CM hits back

Punjab BJP chief Jakhar questioned Chadha's absence from AAP, leading to a war of words with CM Mann. Jakhar claimed AAP will change candidates on eight seats due to infighting.

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Updated on Mar 19, 2024 07:18 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

People ‘disillusioned with unholy alliance’ between AAP, Congress: Jakhar

On the alliance between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress in Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana and Goa for the polls and their announcement to fight the elections independently in Punjab, Jakhar said that people are “disillusioned with this brazen unholy alliance” and are waiting for the announcement of the elections.

The BJP is the only party “suited” to safeguard Punjab’s long-term interests, its leader Sunil Jakhar asserted on Saturday and attacked the ruling AAP in the state, saying the people will teach it a lesson in the Lok Sabha polls for its “arrogance”. (HT File Photo)

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Updated on Mar 10, 2024 06:48 AM IST

ByPress Trust of India, Chandigarh

Don’t exploit emotions of state youth: Punjab BJP chief Jakhar

Taking on Congress leadership for hobnobbing with AAP and doing nothing for saving farmer interests, Jakhar said Congress must stop using farmers for kind of politics which is totally bereft of any understanding of farmer issues and their concerns. “Is any of the Congress leaders willing to shift to jawar or bajra in place of paddy or wheat,” he asked.

Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar during a press conference on Sunday. (HT photo)

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Updated on Mar 04, 2024 05:02 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

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Sunil Jakhar exhorted farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal to end their prolonged fast citing serious health risks

On Monday, the party finalised tickets for the municipal councils and majority of candidates for the municipal corporations will be finalised on Tuesday

With incumbent state chief Sunil Jakhar expressing unwillingness to continue, the revamp will take place along with its internal polls

Sunil Jakhar urges PM Modi to intervene and cancel move to allot 10 acres to Haryana to build separate assembly complex in Chandigarh, saying it will “emotionally hurt Punjabis”.

Jakhar said while the reasons for this plight of the Akali Dal need to be considered, it is also a bitter truth that bad crimes were committed in the past and its perpetrators must be punished

Jakhar, who had not attended party meetings for almost 2 months, was present on October 17 during the swearing-in ceremony of the BJP government in Haryana.

While the party has given preference to old timers and grassroots leaders, a section is upset over their “seniority being ignored”

BJP Punjab affairs in-charge Vijay Rupani, downplaying Sunil Jakhar’s absence, said that he couldn’t attend the state-level meeting as he had to be in Delhi for some personal work.

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar met party president JP Nadda to seek relief from his position amid confusion over his resignation.

Party functionaries privy to the development said that Sunil Jakhar is “miffed” with the high command for meddling in Punjab affairs and also not getting the Rajya Sabha seat as “promised” at the time when he made the switch from the Congress to the saffron party.

Though Sunil Jakhar, 70, himself is not responding to calls, his aide Sanjeev Trikha said “that there is nothing like this”, while state unit general secretary Anil Sarin dismissed reports of his resignation as “totally baseless and false”.

A Congress veteran and former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Sunil Jakhar, joined the BJP in 2022 and was appointed state chief on July 4, 2023.

State unit chief expresses concern over the BJP losing its traditional Lok Sabha seats of Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Hoshiarpur

During his poll rally in Hoshiarpur on May 30, Modi had said it was his wish that the Adampur airport be named after Guru Ravidas, who he described as a big inspiration.

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar condemns attack on Kangana Ranaut by CISF constable, calling it 'most unfortunate' and violence as a means of dissent unacceptable.

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Friday filed a complaint with the state chief electoral officer (CEO) against the alleged forcible removal of the party’s booths in two villages of Faridkot and Sangrur districts

With Sunil Jakhar lashing out at farmer unions, a few incidents have came to light in which unions faced opposition from shopkeepers and urban population for obstructing BJP’s campaign in urban areas.

The state president of the BJP said blocked roads disrupted industrial operations, leading to massive financial losses.

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Punjab president Sunil Jakhar said, “The BJP is not anti-farmers and rather Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to work for their welfare.”

Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar on Sunday said that people of the state across all spectrums benefited from “massive” funds provided by the Narendra Modi government during the past 10 years

According to Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar, the AAP government in Punjab promised to pay ₹20,000 per acre compensation for crop damages during floods last year but the farmers received just ₹6,800 per acre which the Centre had allocated out of the disaster relief fund.

All 13 parliamentary constituencies in Punjab will go to the polls in the last and final phase of voting on June 1. Barring Ferozepur, Fategarh Sahib, Sangrur and Anandpur Sahib, the BJP has declared all its Punjab candidates

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state chief Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday said that the Punjab Congress was undermining its state leaders, forcing them to quit the party

Jakhar held a closed-door meeting with Sampla for nearly two hours, after which the BJP state chief claimed that everything had been sorted out

Sunil Jakhar says high-powered delegation of BJP will meet authorities of the Election Commission on Saturday to demand an ED probe

Punjab BJP chief Jakhar questioned Chadha's absence from AAP, leading to a war of words with CM Mann. Jakhar claimed AAP will change candidates on eight seats due to infighting.

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