Awaaz e Punjab

Independent MLA from Ludhiana South, Balwinder said his brother and he had applied to the Election Commission for floating a new political party three to four months back, before the formation of Awaaz-e-Punjab.

Ahead of next year's assembly polls in Punjab, former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sindhu has floated a new front called "Awaaz-e-Punjab". The front, formed by Sidhu, Pargat Singh and Bains brothers, will be formally launched next week, reports said. Earlier, there were reports that Sidhu may join AAP.

Chandigarh, Sep 27 () A day after Awaaz-e-Punjab said it would look at a political tie-up to contest elections in Punjab, AAP said the Navjot Singh Sidhu-led front seemed to be "bargaining for the best deal", while Congress said it would welcome them if their agendas match.

A day after Awaaz-e-Punjab said it would look at a political tie-up to contest elections in Punjab, AAP said the Navjot Singh Sidhu-led front seemed to be "bargaining for the best deal", while Congress said it would welcome them if their agendas match.

Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu's second innings in Punjab politics took yet another turn on Sunday after two of his outfit Awaaz-e-Punjab's members and independent MLAs Simarjit Bains and Balwinder Bains decided to join Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Suspended Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Pargat Singh on Friday disclosed that Awaaz-e-Punjab leader Navjot Singh Sidhu was in touch with the Congress for a possible tie-up ahead of Punjab elections.

Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh has ruled out an alliance with the political front Awaaz-e-Punjab, saying that it was instead welcome to merge with the Congress.

Awaaz-e-Punjab member, MLA Pargat Singh, told TOI: “They (AAP) offered deputy CM’s post to Sidhu but he wanted to know under who he would work to bring Punjab out of its financial mess.”

"An unusual situation has developed and people of the state are totally confused over the different stands being taken by different opposition parties and groups of the state.

Dismissing the political relevance of the emerging fourth front 'Awaaz-e-Punjab', Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh called it a 'tonga party' with two persons sitting on the front and two on the back.

Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Wednesday that his Awaaz-e-Punjab is not a political party and it is open to alliance with like-minded groups. Sidhu also denied the charge that Awaaz-e-Punjab will divide opposition votes during the next year's assembly elections.

Announcing the decision, Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh welcomed them in the party fold, saying Congress will be further strengthened ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections with the joining of like-minded people.

Former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu's announcemnt to not make his newly launched political front, Awaaz-e-Punjab, into a party attracted scathing remarks from SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal and Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh at Khadoor Sahib on Wednesday.

Chandigarh, Sep 26 () Days after announcing that the Awaaz-e-Punjab, formed by former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, would not float a political party to contest the 2017 Punjab Assembly polls, the front today said it will look at the prospects of forging an alliance with the Congress or the AAP, while

Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa has stressed on the need to start a dialogue with ex-MP Navjot Singh Sidhu-led Awaaz-e-Punjab to stop the division of votes.

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday described 'Awaaz-e-Punjab' as "a pack of disgruntled and opportunist political leaders" and "without any ideological commitment", and claimed it will hardly have any impact on the state politics.

The sacked Punjab convener of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Sucha Singh Chhotepur, on Friday hinted at approaching former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu and suspended AAP MPs Dharamvira Gandhi and Harinder Singh Khalsa to make a political front for giving a "crushing defeat" to the SAD, Congress, and AAP in the 2017 state elections.

AAP was taken aback by Navjot Singh Sidhu's decision to float a political outfit in poll-bound Punjab after weeks of speculation that he might join Kejriwal's party. Former BJP leader Sidhu, who quit Rajya Sabha last month, was being wooed by AAP, but both the sides could not reach an agreement.

Sources said Sidhu wanted between 25 and 31 seats for his supporters during negotiations held in Delhi on Thursday. The Punjab assembly has 117 seats. Congress, however, is believed to have convinced him to bring the number down to between seven and 13 seats.

Suspended SAD MLA Inderbir Singh Bolaria and former district chief of the party Upkar Singh Sandhu joined the Congress on Tuesday.

-- Balwinder Bains and Simarjit Bains -- demanded an emergency session of the assembly.

Navjot Kaur Sidhu's resignation was expected after Sidhu, a former BJP MP, left the saffron party and floated his own "Awaaz-e-Punjab" front. Earlier in the day, she sent her one-line resignation to the party president at Punjab BJP headquarters in Chandigarh.

Chandigarh, Sep 21 () Former AAP Punjab convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur expressed shock over Navjot Singh Sidhu's decision not to float Awaaz-e-Punjab as a political party and said his search for good people for Punjab's betterment will continue. "He (Sidhu) is a big man and it was his own idea.