Staff of Malwa College, Bondli-Samrala, on Tuesday staged a protest against the president of the college management committee, Balbir Singh Rajewal, for terminating their services without serving any notice in this regard.
Citing delay in providing compensation for cotton crop, which got damaged due to the pink bollworm attack last year, scores of farmers under the banner of the BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) gheraoed Mansa district administrative complex on Thursday.
Balbir Singh Rajewal, the CM candidate of Punjab’s farmer party called Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM), addressed a crowd of less than 50 people as the party struggles to pull crowds in poll campaigns.
With the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announcing Lok Sabha MP Bhagwant Mann as its chief ministerial face, the electoral battle lines are now clearly demarcated in the Punjab Assembly election.
Gurnam Chaduni of Samyukta Sangharsh Party (SSP) has threatened to field its candidates in all 117 assembly constituencies after issues cropped up over seat sharing with Samyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM).