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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has nominated ex-cricketer Harbhajan Singh, IIT professor Sandeep Pathak, educationist Ashok Kumar Mittal, and Delhi MLA Raghav Chadha for the Rajya Sabha in Punjab, where the party just won a landslide win. On April 9, five Rajya Sabha seats will be vacated, and names must be presented today for polls on [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/ex-cricketer-iit-professor-and-more-nominated-by-aap-for-rajya-sabha-punjab">Ex-Cricketer, IIT Professor and More Nominated by AAP for Rajya Sabha, Punjab</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has nominated ex-cricketer Harbhajan Singh, IIT professor Sandeep Pathak, educationist Ashok Kumar Mittal, and Delhi MLA Raghav Chadha for the Rajya Sabha in Punjab, where the party just won a landslide win. On April 9, five Rajya Sabha seats will be vacated, and names must be presented today for polls on March 31. Harbhajan Singh, 41, submitted his AAP candidacy and was photographed wearing a yellow turban influenced by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who was placed next to him.</p>
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<p>1. Ashok Mittal<br />2. Harbhajan Singh<br />3. Raghav Chadha<br />4. Sandeep Pathak <br />5. Sanjeev Arora <a href="https://t.co/wlRuemaajc">pic.twitter.com/wlRuemaajc</a></p>
<p>&mdash; AAP (@AamAadmiParty) <a href="https://twitter.com/AamAadmiParty/status/1505818934200569856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Even before elections, Harbhajan Singh visited former Punjab Congress head Navjot Singh Sidhu, fueling suspicion that he may run for Congress. However, the former cricketer has refuted the allegations.<br />
The AAP won 92 of the 117 assembly seats in Punjab. The AAP&#8217;s upper house strength is expected to expand from three to eight after the Rajya Sabha election.</p>
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		<title>Navjot Singh Quits As Congress&#8217;s Punjab Party Chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 06:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Navjot Singh Sidhu, the party&#8217;s Punjab chairman, withdrew from his role today, just after Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi removed the party&#8217;s executives in the five states where the party faced devastating defeats. The resignations were requested to &#8220;ease the reorganization&#8221; of the state Congress units, said Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala. As desired by the [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Navjot Singh Sidhu, the party&#8217;s Punjab chairman, withdrew from his role today, just after Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi removed the party&#8217;s executives in the five states where the party faced devastating defeats. The resignations were requested to &#8220;ease the reorganization&#8221; of the state Congress units, said Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala.</p>
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<p>&mdash; Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) <a href="https://twitter.com/sherryontopp/status/1503951025853526019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;In order to assist PCC reorganization, Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi has invited the PCC Presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa, and Manipur to submit their resignations,&#8221; he stated. Mr. Sidhu drew criticism for hailing the voters of Punjab for taking a &#8220;great&#8221; decision to bring in progress by electing the Aam Aadmi Party to power&#8221; in his first media appearance after the party&#8217;s defeat.</p>
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