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The Government of Punjab or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Punjab, India and its 23 districts. It consists of an executive , led by the Governor of Punjab , a judiciary and a legislative branch Punjab State.
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 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 .
A Minister designated by the Government to supervise the management of government business in the Legislative Assembly is known as the Leader of the House. The Rules of Procedure of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha define "Leader of the House". In both Houses, the leader of the house is a crucial official who directly affects how business is done.
The result of the movement failed to satisfy its leaders. [76] From 1938 to 1947, Akali Dal led by Master Tara Singh proposed the whole Punjab region (Azad Punjab) as the ‘natural homeland’ of the Sikhs. [77] This demand was raised throughout this period along with the 1946 SGPC resolution declaring the Punjab as homeland of the Sikhs. [78]
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.
Tara Singh was arrested and detained in jail under the 1950 Preventive Detention Act [63] on the night of 24 May and detained in Kangra, [112] and the government cracked down heavy-handedly on the Akalis, with large-scale arrests made throughout the Punjab, [114] including many other Akali leaders and legislators, [96] and lines of arrests at ...
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.