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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Denying any move to join the BJP, Captain Amarinder said he would leave the Congress where he had been utterly humiliated and was not trusted. “I will resign…will not stay in the party,” he said, adding that he was still thinking through his options in the interest of Punjab, whose security was the predominant priority for him. “I will not be treated in this humiliating manner…I will not take such insults,” he said, adding that his principles and beliefs do not allow him to stay in the Congress.
Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh met national security advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday in Delhi
Yoginder Dhingra resigns as General Secretary of Punjab Congress 'in solidarity with Navjot Singh Sidhu'. Dhingra is the third Congress leader to quit after Minister Razia Sultana & state party treasurer Gulzar Inder Chahal post Sidhu's resignation
A little over a week after stepping down as Punjab Chief Minister following a bitter feud with Navjot Singh Sidhu, senior Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh is scheduled to visit Delhi on Tuesday. According to sources, Amarinder Singh will be leaving for Delhi from Chandigarh in the afternoon. The former Punjab CM is likely to meet Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital, sources said.
Congress recently held a press conference on Amarinder Singh's interview with India TV where he slammed Sidhu and many others in Congress. In her statement, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said old people get angry.
Renewing his attack on Congress Punjab party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, former CM Captain Amarinder Singh said that the cricketer-turned-politician is 'dangerous for the country'. In an exclusive interview with India TV, Singh also hit out at party top leadership's advisors namely Randeep Singh Surjewala and KC Venugopal for ill-advising Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Captain Amarinder Singh, after his humiliating ouster as Punjab Chief Minister, targeted the party high command's close aides Randeep Singh Surjewala and KC Venugopal for ill-advising Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned as chief minister of Punjab with less than five months to go for the Assembly polls after a bruising power struggle with state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, and said he felt "humiliated" over the way the party handled the protracted crisis.
Captain Amarinder Singh resigned as Punjab Chief Minister on Saturday amid power tussle with Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Navjot Singh Sidhu, going on and on for months. Speaking to ANI, Amarinder Singh said, "...Navjot Singh Sidhu is an incompetent man, he is going to be a disaster. I will oppose his name for the next chief mininster face. He has a connection with Pakistan. It will be a threat to national security."
Amid fresh rumblings in the Punjab unit of Congress, the party has convened an urgent meeting of its legislators in the state in Chandigarh today at 5 pm. Sunil Jakhar spoke on the same, saying that Rahul Gandhi has taken a bold decision.
Amid the ongoing tussle between Amarinder Singh and Sidhu, Punjab Congress legislators are set to meet today. Will Punjab witness a leadership change like Gujarat?
Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday hit out at agitating farmer unions.
Amid the ongoing turf war in the party's state unit, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary Pargat Singh on Sunday questioned AICC state in-charge Harish Rawat and asked who gave him the right to take a big decision about Punjab.
Amid Punjab Congress' infighting, over 60 MLAs including MPs showed up in a show of strength dinner for Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, his media advisor informed.
AICC general secretary and Punjab affairs in-charge Harish Rawat on Wednesday met four rebel cabinet ministers and once again made it clear that 2022 Punjab elections will be fought under the leadership of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. His remarks came at a time when there is an uprising revolt from state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu's camp against the CM.
In what could be seen as an attempt at the coup in Punjab, 26 MLAs and 4 cabinet ministers of Sidhu camp have opened a front against Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Watch Kurukshetra with Pankaj Bhargava.
The feud in Punjab Congress continues as Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh has issued warning to two of the advisors of Navjot Singh Sidhu for their controversial remarks.
A Congress worker from Ludhiana allegedly committed suicide on Thursday after leaving behind an audio recording addressed to the party’s newly appointed Punjab chief, Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain (Retired) Amarinder Singh on July 26 laid a wreath and saluted the valorous soldiers on the occasion of 22nd Kargil Vijay Diwas at a memorial in Chandigarh.
A tweet from Amarinder Singh's media strategist dismissed reports that Navjot Sidhu had sought time to meet the Chief Minister following his elevation as leader of the Congress' Punjab unit.
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