Ahead of Punjab Assembly election Captain Amarinder Singh was dethroned from the CM post by Congress high command over his differences with then-state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in a dramatic turn of events.
Amarinder Singh news: Amarinder Singh who broke ties with Congress ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections had fought the polls in alliance with BJP.
Amarinder Singh is currently in London where he underwent a successful spinal surgery on Saturday (July 25).
According to reports, the attack on Congress leader and Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose wala took place just a day after the Punjab government had withdrawn his security.
Congress media department head and general secretary Randeep Surjewala said that on May 23, Rahul Gandhi will address and interact at Cambridge University on "India at 75: The challenges and way ahead for a resilient-modern India".
Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh lost election from his home-turf Patiala. He lost the seat to Aam Aadmi Party's Ajit Pal Singh Kohli.
Exit Poll 2022: Ahead of the counting day on March 10, India TV brings you Exit Polls of 5 states to gauge the mood of people in -- Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur -- where polling was held from February 10 to March 7.
During poll meetings in Balachaur and Rupnagar, Nadda trained his guns at the ruling Congress over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He alleged that Congress members were involved in the riots.
With less than 10 days from the assembly election, Navjot Singh Sidhu said that Punjab has never given a hung assembly, it will go with one party, doesn't matter how many parties are contesting elections.
In an exclusive conversation with India TV, Navjot Kaur, wife of Navjot Singh Sidhu said her husband would have been a better choice for the CM candidate for Punjab in upcoming assembly election.
To give a further boost to the NDA campaign in Punjab, the prime minister will address three rallies on February 14, 16, and 17, state BJP general secretary Subash Sharma said.
Ahead of elections, PM Modi said that BJP and NDA's motive is to create 'Nawan Punjab' adding they will form border area development authority in Punjab.
BJP questioned locus standi of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to announce his party's chief ministerial face for Punjab saying his only qualification now is that he possesses the surname “Gandhi” surname.
According to India TV-Ground Zero Opinion Poll, Congress may emerge as the single largest party in Punjab but may fall just short of the majority.
The PLC has been allotted 37 to contest out of the 117 seats in the state as part of its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and SAD (Sanyukt), with discussions still in progress on possibly another five seats for the party, he said.
The 79-year-old leader had recently formed the Punjab Lok Congress.
Sodhi, who joined BJP on Dec 21, will be getting this security cover both in Delhi and Punjab, to be provided by CRPF, sources in security set up said on Wednesday.
Captain Amarinder Singh, while addressing the media on Monday, talked about the farm laws repeal and the farmers' protest. In his statement he said that PM Modi fulfilled his promise of repealing the farm laws.
Captain Amarinder Singh quit the Congress on November 2 and accused Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of hatching a "midnight conspiracy" to oust him from the state government.
Singh resigned last month as the chief minister and had announced that he will be quitting the Congress after months of a rift with Congress state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.
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