Captain Amarinder Singh is an politician who served as the Chief Minister of Punjab as a leader of the Congress party for two separate terms, once from 2002 to 2007, and again from 2017 to 2021. Born on March 11, 1972, Amarinder Singh also served as the President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee thrice. His father was the last Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala. He has also served in the Indian Army from 1963 to 1966. He was inducted into the Indian National Congress by Rajiv Gandhi, who was his friend from school. Singh was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980. Amarinder joined the Shiromani Akali Dal after he resigned from Congress as a protest to Operation Blue Star in the year 1984. He rejoined the Congress in 1998. Amarinder Singh was sworn in as the 26th Chief Minister of Punjab on 16 March 2017. But recently, he broke away from the Congress again after long infighting within the Punjab Congress. PPCC President Navjot Singh Sidhu is a big reason why Amarinder broke away from the party and resigned as the CM of Punjab. For the upcoming Punjab assembly elections in 2022, Amarinder Singh floated a new party Punjab Lok Congress, for which he is eyeing 24 MLAs from the ruling Congress party who are likely to be denied party nomination in the upcoming polls. However, he lost elections to AAP candidate.
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He appealed to Modi to fulfil the demands of the agitating farmers, who are sitting at Delhi's borders for the past two months.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking free COVID-19 vaccination for the poor in the state.
As farmers continue to protest against the 3 new farm laws, being adamant on repealing them even after various rounds of talks with the Centre, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said the solution has to be found at the level of the Prime Minister.
Stressing that there was nothing wrong with the demands of the farmers, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday urged the Prime Minister to immediately repeal the farm laws in order to resolve the crisis.
The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved the restructuring of 10 departments, thus paving the way of boosting their functional efficacy through fresh recruitments and technical up-gradation.
The Chief Minister asserted that he will not let Punjab plunge into anarchy at any cost and nobody can be allowed to take law into their hands.
Kejriwal is observing a day-long fast in response to a call given by the farmers protesting against three new farm laws. On Sunday, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh had described Kejriwal's fasting as "theatrics".
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi had backstabbed the farmers by shamelessly notifying one of the farm laws on November 23.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has said that he will be administered the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, once it is approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research, before health workers or frontline workers starts receiving it in the state.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday afternoon met Home Minister in Delhi. He said that the Centre should listen to the farmers and address their grievances over the three farm laws.
Delhi Farmers Protest: Thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana are protesting against the new farm laws. Farmers have said that they will continue their agitation till the three farm laws are repealed.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh called his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal “this sneaky little fellow” as the two traded charges over the notification of one of the three new central farm laws in the national capital.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will be holding talks ahead of the crucial Centre-farmers' meeting over farm laws.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will take the first shot of the anti-Covid vaccine in the state after it is cleared by the ICMR following which 1.25 lakh health workers would receive it.
Firing a fresh salvo at Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday fired a fresh salvo at Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, who, he said, would be responsible if any "dangerous" situation arises due to the coronavirus amid the farmers' stir.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday said he will not speak to his Haryana counter Manohar Lal Khattar until he seeks an apology for "inflicting brutality" on farmers marching to Delhi.
Punjab’s farmer unions on Wednesday decided against lifting the blockade of passenger trains, drawing criticism over the “unyielding” stand from Chief Minister Amarinder Singh who has been sympathetic to their cause. After a meeting, the farm bodies said they would consider allowing passengers trains to run in the state if the Centre starts running the goods trains first.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has appealed to Kisan Unions to completely lift their rail blockade to allow passenger trains also to ply in the State, in view of the initiative taken by Central government to discuss the issue of the Farm Laws, Punjab Chief Miniser office has informed.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday summoned Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh's son Raninder Singh for violation of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) in connection with an alleged disproportionate assets case. The ED asked him to appear before them on October 27, in Jalandhar.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday moved a resolution in the state assembly against the contentious farm laws enacted by the Centre recently.
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