Punjab Congress
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Navjot Singh Sidhu resigns: In solidarity, Punjab cabinet minister, general secretary step down
India | Sep 29, 2021, 12:01 AM ISTNavjot Singh Sidhu's sudden resignation from the post on Tuesday of state party unit chief has given a new headache to the Congress months ahead of Assembly election in the state.
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Is it 'game over' for Navjot Singh Sidhu after his resignation as Congress Punjab chief?
India | Sep 28, 2021, 06:14 PM ISTReportedly upset Navjot Singh Sidhu over not being appointed as CM further added more problems in Congress' bucket after he tendered his resignation from the post of party's state chief, plunging the party into a fresh crisis just months ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
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Punjab: Ministers in Amarinder Singh govt question decision to 'drop' them
India | Sep 26, 2021, 04:52 PM ISTA section of Congress leaders from the state had written to party's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu demanding that "tainted" former minister Rana Gurjit Singh should not be included.
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Channi-led Punjab cabinet finalised, oath likely tomorrow
India | Sep 27, 2021, 11:49 AM ISTOn Friday, Channi held a final round of discussion with the party high command on the faces to be included in the new cabinet.
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Exclusive interview of Captain Amarinder Singh on Siddhu and Congress Leadership
Kurukshetra | Sep 22, 2021, 07:44 PM ISTCaptain 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.
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Muqabla | Congress to change leadership in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, after Punjab?
News | Sep 20, 2021, 06:33 PM ISTIs Congress confused over Dalit Cm in Punjab? Or the congress leadership has made his mind about changing CM`s in other states as well like Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh? Watch Muqabla with Ajay Kumar on India TV
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Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi meets Amarinder Singh
News | Sep 20, 2021, 02:40 PM ISTPunjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday met Captain Amarinder Singh at his residence. Amarinder earlier today skipped the oath taking ceremony of Channi. Captain had resigned from the top post on Saturday
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Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi gets emotional while addressing media
News | Sep 20, 2021, 01:50 PM ISTPunjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi gets emotional while addressing his first press conference in Chandigarh says "Congress has made a common man the chief minister."
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Abki Baar Kiski Sarkar: BSP supremo Mayawati, PM Modi congratulates Charanjit Singh Channi
Elections | Sep 20, 2021, 12:57 PM ISTPM Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Charanjit Singh Channi on being sworn-in as Punjab’s Chief Minister.
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Charanjit Singh Channi takes oath as Punjab CM
News | Sep 20, 2021, 12:00 PM ISTCharanjit Singh Channi, a three-time MLA from Rupnagar's Chamkaur Sahib, on Monday took oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab. Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy at the Raj Bhawan in Chandigarh.
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VIDEO: Sunil Jakhar calls Harish Rawat's statement on Sidhu 'baffling'
News | Sep 20, 2021, 10:41 AM ISTFormer Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Sunil Jakhar on Monday described Harish Rawat's statement that the upcoming state Assembly elections will be fought under the leadership of Navjot Singh Sidhu as "baffling". "On the swearing-in day of Sh @Charnjit_channi as Chief Minister, Mr Rawats’s statement that “elections will be fought under Sidhu”, is baffling. It’s likely to undermine CM’s authority but also negate the very ‘raison d’être’ of his selection for this position," he tweeted.
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Rahul Gandhi likely to attend oath-taking ceremony of new Punjab CM
News | Sep 20, 2021, 10:20 AM ISTChanni, a Dalit leader, was Technical Education Minister in the outgoing Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's cabinet and will be the first Dalit to hold the chief minister's post in Punjab.
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Will waive water & electricity bills of farmers, says Punjab CM Channi in first presser
India | Sep 20, 2021, 04:30 PM ISTCharanjit Singh Channi on Monday took oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and OP Soni also took oath as Deputy CMs.
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With Dalit CM in Punjab, Congress aims at UP and Uttarakhand
India | Sep 19, 2021, 10:15 PM ISTAfter a Dalit CM in Punjab, the Congress is eyeing gains in Uttarakhand but it is unlikely that the party will get much traction in UP as Mayawati is a formidable force in the state and non-Jatav Dalits have mostly aligned with the BJP.
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Rahul Gandhi congratulates Charanjit Channi on being chosen as Punjab CM
India | Sep 19, 2021, 08:35 PM ISTChanni, who was elected the Congress Legislature Party leader on Sunday and will take oath as chief minister on Monday, succeeds Amarinder Singh who resigned on Saturday alleging humiliation by the party.
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Captain Amarinder Singh congratulates his successor Charanjit Singh Channi
India | Sep 19, 2021, 07:09 PM ISTSenior Congress leader Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned from his post as the Chief Minister of Punjab after months of political tussle, saying he stepped down as he felt 'humiliated'.
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'Never hankered after posts': Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Punjab politics
India | Sep 19, 2021, 02:58 PM ISTWhen 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".
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Hope Amarinder continues to keep interests of party ahead: Ashok Gehlot on Punjab political crisis
India | Sep 19, 2021, 01:06 PM ISTTaking to Twitter, Gehlot shared his thoughts on the ongoing Congress crisis, and addressed the former Punjab CM
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BJP keeping close watch on developments in Punjab, concerned about security situation
India | Sep 18, 2021, 10:53 PM ISTThe top leadership in the party has been keeping an eye on the situation in the state. Punjab, which has 117 assembly seats, is slated to go to the polls early next year.
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Amarinder Singh resigns: Congress MLAs authorise Sonia Gandhi to pick new Punjab CM
India | Sep 18, 2021, 10:54 PM ISTAmarinder Singh said he won’t accept state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu as the next CM or the party face in the Assembly polls.