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Politics in reorganised present-day Punjab is dominated by mainly three parties – Indian National Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). [1] [2] Since 1967, Chief Minister of Punjab has been predominantly from Jat Sikh community despite its 21 percent state population.
The Sikh population, after the partition of Punjab, had become a majority population in a contiguous, strategic land area for the first time in its history, [23] [24]: 369 with a new socio-political position, [6] [19] This enabled the Akali Dal to focus on expressing unencumbered Sikh political needs, free from the politics of the former Muslim ...
The 1969 Punjab Legislative Assembly election was the fifth Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state.This was the second hung assembly. Shiromani Akali Dal emerged as the largest party with 43 seats in the 104-seat legislature in the election.
The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 members, directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years ...
Economically it transformed the Punjab into the richest farming area of India, socially it sustained the power of large landowners and politically it encouraged cross-communal co-operation amongst land owning groups. [202] The Punjab also became the major centre of recruitment into the Indian Army. By patronising influential local allies and ...
A coalition consisting of the Congress, Unionist Party and the Akalis was formed in Punjab. [4] Ishtiaq Ahmed has given an account [5] of how the Coalition Government in the United Punjab collapsed as a result of a massive campaign launched by the then Punjab Muslim League(the largest party in Punjab assembly at that time with 73 seats). AIML ...
Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 Permanent Judges and 21 Additional Judges including Chief Justice.
The Punjab emerged as an important agricultural region, especially following the Green Revolution during the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, and has been described as the "breadbasket of both India and Pakistan." [3] Punjab's history is a tapestry of conflict, marked by the rise of indigenous dynasties and empires.