Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi carried out his first cabinet expansion on Sunday, inducting 15 Cabinet Ministers which included seven new entrants.
The much anticipated Punjab cabinet expansion took place on Sunday at the Governor House in Chandigarh. After holding marathon meetings with the Congress high command, the list of ministers for the new cabinet, under the leadership of Chief Minister Charanjeet Singh Channi was finalised.
All eyes are on cabinet expansion in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh today. While 15 ministers will be included in Charanjit Singh Channi's new cabinet, Yogi cabinet will induct 7 new ministers in the cabinet.
Soon after Captain Amarinder Singh resigned from the post of Punjab Chief Minister, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Sept 18 drew parallels between the Punjab Congress and a sinking ship, terming it "unstable", pointing out that the reason behind the political development is 'internal conflicts' within the party.
After three rounds of meeting with the Congress high command, the new cabinet of Punjab, under the leadership of Chief Minister Charanjeet Singh Channi has been finalised on Saturday, sources said.
Channi was again called to Delhi by the Congress high command to discuss the new state Cabinet, just hours after he had returned from the national capital and New ministers to take oath today.
Young leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi snared three wickets as Punjab Kings dished out a clinical bowling display to beat struggling Sunrisers Hyderabad by five runs in a low-scoring but entertaining Indian Premier League match here on Saturday.
Rahul Gandhi has accepted the list of new cabinet ministers of Charanjit Singh Channi. Channi has met Punjab governor who will be soon handed over the list of new cabinet ministers.
Charanjit Singh Channi's new cabinet has been approved by Congress highcommand in Delhi. However, five of Amarinder Singh's close ministers have been ousted from the new cabinet.
Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi met Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Friday. And, now it is being reported that Rahul has approved Punjab CM's new cabinet.
Within 48 hours, Punjab's new CM Charanjit Singh Channi is yet again on his Delhi tour. It is being reported that a few rounds of discussions have taken place between him and Rahul Gandhi on cabinet expansion.
The Punjab Police has foiled a big terrorist conspiracy and has arrested three terrorists with weapons and explosives in Tarn Taran district. Police have cordoned off the entire area and started search operations.
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.
Punjab have handed debuts to Ishan Porel, Aiden Markram and Adil Rashid, keeping birthday boy Chris Gayle out of the Playing XI. For Rajasthan, West Indies' dasher Evin Lewis makes his debut.
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