Punjab assembly election will be held in one single phase on February 20 and results will be declared on March 10. It's going to be a multi-polar fight in the forthcoming elections between SAD-BSP, Congress, Captain Amarinder Singh's new-founded Punjab Lok Congress (PLC)-BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Rahul Gandhi had announced during his last visit to Punjab on January 27 that the Congress will go into the Punjab Assembly election with a CM face and the decision on it will be taken soon after consulting party workers.
If reports are to be believed, incumbent CM Charanjit Singh Channi is the frontrunner while the party's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu is at the second spot.
Gandhi was flanked by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and party's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.
The Congress is going to the polls with a focus on youth and women and has announced that it will reserve 40 per cent of tickets for women in Uttar Pradesh.
Sources said Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi can contest elections from two seats. Adampur and Chamkor Sahib could be the two seats from where Channi is likely to contest.
The Uttar Pradesh Congress has also postponed its 'Ladki Hun Lad Sakti Hun' marathon due to rise in COVID cases.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has left for Italy on Wednesday, as per reports will be out of the country till January 15.
The former Chief Minister was reacting to reports of Punjab cops stopping PLC workers who were putting up posters in the Malwa region.
The Congress, which is weak at its own turf after lone Congress MLA Aditi Singh left to join BJP, has no legislative assembly member in both Lok Sabha seats as both the MLAs elected on Congress ticket in Rai Bareli have shifted to the BJP.
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has asked party MPs to honour the sacrifice of farmers who died during protests against farm laws.
As part of Constitution Day celebrations this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in programmes being organised in Parliament and Vigyan Bhawan on November 26, his office said on Wednesday.
As per reports, the party has decided to reach out to other Opposition parties on key issues.
The leaders who switched parties included former chief minister Mukul Sangma. Sangma, the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, was reportedly unhappy with the Congress's top leadership.
There are 30 cabinet posts in Rajasthan, in which the state currently has 21 cabinet ministers including the chief minister. The remaining nine posts are vacant.
There were seven crew members on the boat and one of them also sustained a minor injury in the firing incident, he said.
Two earlier meetings in this format have been held in Iran in September 2018 and December 2019. The third meeting in India could not be held earlier due to the pandemic.
Aryan Khan had an emotional reunion with parents Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan on October 30 (Saturday) when he returned home from Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail after spending 22 days there following his arrest in a Narcotics Control Bureau raid on a cruise ship off the city coast.
As a pilot project, the digital cards have been issued in three states which include Delhi, Maharashtra, and Telangana.
Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said he will launch his new political party when the Election Commission clears the name and symbol, and claimed that many people from the Congress are in touch with him.
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