Sidhu resigns as Punjab Congress chief and CM Channi has no idea about it.
News | September 28, 2021 16:27 ISTNavjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday resigned as Punjab Congress Chief. The cricketer-turned-politician announced his resignation via Twitter.
Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday resigned as Punjab Congress Chief. The cricketer-turned-politician announced his resignation via Twitter.
The much anticipated Punjab cabinet expansion is taking place at the Punjab Governor House in Chandigarh.
Elections will be held in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab in February-March in 2022.
Rohini Court shootout, in which Delhi's gangster Jitendra Gogi was killed, has led to massive political slugfest. Congress, AAP and Left are now seeking answers from the Centre for the same.
Channi had gone to Delhi on Thursday evening where he discussed the formation of his cabinet with Rahul Gandhi. He had also held discussions with All-India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Harish Rawat.
In his first remarks after being sworn in as the chief minister of Punjab, the 58-year-old asked the Centre to withdraw the three contentious farm laws, adding that his party Congress stands firmly behind the agitating farmers in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
The Congress on Sunday picked Channi as chief minister of Punjab after Amarinder Singh resigned from the post.
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and OP Soni were sworn in as Punjab Deputy Chief Ministers on Monday. Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi was sworn in as chief minister of Punjab. He is the first Dalit to hold this post in the state. Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered oath to Channi at a ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan in Chandigarh. Channi took oath in Punjabi.
Amarinder Singh on Saturday stepped down from the post of Punjab Chief Minister following months of infighting between him and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary and in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Rawat took to Twitter to announce the name of the Leader of the Congress Legislature Party of Punjab.
Here is a Exclusive interview of senior congress leader Harish Rawat on the newly selected cheif minister of Punjab.
Putting an end to all the speculations, Congress on Sunday announced Charanjit Singh Channi as the new Punjab Chief Minister. Channi will take the oath as the new Chief Minister of Punjab on Monday at 11 am.
When the mediapersons here asked that can it be assumed that they are talking to the future chief minister, Randhawa quipped, " You are talking to a Congressman".
He pointed out that despite legal hurdles and refusal of CBI to return the cases, which were transferred to them by the SAD-BJP Government, his government had succeeded in filing 10 challans.
Meanwhile, former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar, current state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa are frontrunners for the post of the CLP leader, the sources said.
After the change of guard in Punjab with the appointment of new state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, a Cabinet reshuffle was scheduled on the cards. However, the reshuffling seems to have erupted the infighting in the state.
Former Union Minister and ex-BJP MP Babul Supriyo formally joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday. Supriyo had quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) following the recent Union Cabinet reshuffle."I will continue to work constitutionally as an MP in Asansol. Politics is beyond the constitutional post and I withdraw myself from it. I will not join any other party. I will vacate the MP bungalow in Delhi and release security personnel from their duties soon," he was quoted saying.
West Bengal leader and singer Babul Supriyo has joined TMC party today. Earlier he was a Union Minister and one of the star campaigners from BJP in west Bengal assembly elections.
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.
The remark came over Sidhu's criticism of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his government's "masquerade" over the Centre's farm laws.
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