Charanjit Singh Channi
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'Will abide by party decision': Channi denies Punjab Congress feud, backs Rahul Gandhi's leadership
India | Jul 16, 2026, 07:44 PM ISTBriefing reporters in Delhi after a meeting with party's top brass, Punjab's former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has denied reports of rift with Congress' state unit and said he will abide by party high command's decision.
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Bhupesh Baghel submits Punjab Congress report, asserts leadership change is not a 'game of puppets'
India | Jul 15, 2026, 01:04 PM ISTPunjab Congress in-charge Bhupesh Baghel has submitted his report on the state unit to KC Venugopal and ruled out an immediate leadership change, saying changing a party president is "not a game of puppets" amid ongoing factional tensions.
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Baghel's peace pitch falls flat; can Congress mend Punjab rift as Channi vs Warring intensifies?
India | Jul 12, 2026, 03:53 PM ISTBhupesh Baghel has assured both factions that candidate selection will be based solely on winnability and that no group will be sidelined. He is expected to brief the Congress high command on the developments, after which the party leadership will take the final call.
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Punjab Congress turmoil goes to high command, Channi camp firm on opposing Raja Warring for CM face
India | Jul 11, 2026, 06:47 PM ISTA meeting between Baghel and leaders from the Charanjit Singh Channi-Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa camp remained inconclusive, with both Channi and Randhawa maintaining a firm stand on their demands. As no consensus could be reached, the matter is now expected to be referred to the high command.
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Punjab Congress rift deepens as Channi camp boycotts Warring-led party events; leaders rush to Delhi
India | Jul 06, 2026, 03:49 PM ISTThe development comes despite senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel's recent visit to Chandigarh, where he held meetings in an attempt to defuse tensions and bring warring factions together after the organisational rejig.
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'No CM aspirations': Warring dismisses rift rumours amid Channi camp's Punjab Congress chief push
India | Jul 04, 2026, 06:26 PM ISTAmarinder Singh Raja Warring, who is party's state unit chief, has said that there are no rift within Punjab Congress, while stressing that he does not dream of being the chief minister and Charanjit Singh Channi can be the CM after the grand old party returns to power after 2027 assembly polls.
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Channi opens front against Congress in Punjab, loyalists threaten to resign amid turmoil
India | Jul 03, 2026, 05:24 PM ISTWhile the Congress retained Amrinder Singh Raja Warring as the Punjab unit chief and Partap Singh Bajwa as Leader of the Opposition, Channi was appointed chairman of the campaign committee instead of being made state president.
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Another trouble for Congress? Channi 'miffed' over organisational reshuffle ahead of Punjab polls
India | Jul 02, 2026, 05:50 PM ISTThe Congress on Wednesday finalised its team in Punjab, keeping Amarinder Singh Raja Warring as the state party president and Partap Singh Bajwa as the Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly. The appointments end weeks of speculation over possible changes in the party's state leadership.
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BJP rips into Congress over Channi's remarks on surgical strikes, calls CWC 'Pakistan Working...'
India | May 03, 2025, 10:52 AM ISTFollowing the terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri, teams of Indian Army commandos crossed the Line of Control into Pakistani-administered Kashmir in September 2016. They attacked targets in the territory held by Pakistan, known as surgical strike.
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Congress appoints Charanjit Channi, Mukesh Agnihotri as observers for J-K assembly elections
Jammu and Kashmir | Sep 17, 2024, 07:18 PM ISTCongress President Mallikarjun Kharge appointed Channi and Agnihotri as AICC Senior Observers for J-K polls. Channi is the former chief minister of Punjab while Agnihotri is the deputy chief minister of Himachal Pradesh.
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OPINION | Channi's remarks on 'Khalistan supporter' not acceptable
India | Jul 26, 2024, 04:57 PM ISTAmritpal Singh was recently elected to Lok Sabha from Khadoor Sahib. Speaking on the Union Budget in Lok Sabha, Channi alleged that there was an "undeclared emergency" in the country.
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Aaj Ki Baat: Why is Congress silent on Channi's talk?
Aaj Ki Baat | Jul 25, 2024, 10:49 PM ISTBy supporting Congress, it put it in a big embarrassment… Charanjit Singh Channi said that keeping Amritpal Singh in jail… trying to ban his speech… is against the Constitution… Channi said that There is a situation like undeclared emergency in the country....
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Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, July 25, 2024
India | Jul 25, 2024, 10:57 PM ISTIndia's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
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Watch: 'I will change my name if...', Ravneet Bittu's big attack against Charanjit Channi in LS
India | Jul 25, 2024, 08:07 PM ISTUnion Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu, who quit the Congress and joined the BJP ahead of Lok Sabha elections, engaged in a personal verbal spat with Congress MP Charanjeet Singh Channi which caused a brief Lok Sabha adjournment.
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Bittu-Channi engage in ugly spat, MoS says 'Congress and INDIA bloc ashamed due to ex-CM'
India | Jul 25, 2024, 04:47 PM ISTThe Lok Sabha was adjourned for 30 minutes amid a verbal spat between the former Punjab chief minister and the Union Minister of State for Railways and Food Processing Industries Ravneet Singh Bittu over certain personal remarks.
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Ex-Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi advocates for Amritpal Singh: '20 lakh people have chosen him'
India | Jul 25, 2024, 03:26 PM ISTHaving fought the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as an independent, Amritpal Singh won from the Khadoor Sahib seat defeating Congress candidate Kulbir Singh Zira. He won by a margin of 1,97,120 votes.
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Lok Sabha Election 2024: How did former CMs, who contested polls, perform? Know here
India | Jun 06, 2024, 07:14 PM ISTThe Lok Sabha elections witnessed the participation of several former chief ministers from the BJP and Congress. Notable contenders included Charanjit Singh Channi, Manohar Lal Khattar, Basavaraj Bommai, Bhupesh Baghel, Jagadish Shettar, Akhilesh Yadav, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Digvijaya Singh.
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Punjab Key Candidates in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Check complete list, profile of key contestants
India | Jun 03, 2024, 09:19 PM ISTThe border state of Punjab, which has 13 Lok Sabha seats, went to polls in the final phase on June 1. As the counting starts on June 4, lets have a look at the key candidates in the fray.
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Charanjit Singh Channi's clarification on Poonch terror attack, says 'it should not be politicised'
India | May 06, 2024, 05:52 PM ISTCongress leader Charanjit Singh Channi's clarification over his 'stunt' remark on the Poonch terror attack comes after Union Minister Thakur strongly condemned his statement and asked Congress whether it will insult soldiers to win elections.
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Poonch terror attack was a pre-poll stunt by BJP: Congress leader Charanjit Channi
India | May 05, 2024, 07:36 PM ISTCongress leader Charanjit Singh Channi's statement on the Poonch terror attack is set to trigger controversy in the election season as the Bharatiya Janata Party keeps attacking the grand old party alleging that Congress is an anti-national party.