Captain Amarinder Singh is an politician who served as the Chief Minister of Punjab as a leader of the Congress party for two separate terms, once from 2002 to 2007, and again from 2017 to 2021. Born on March 11, 1972, Amarinder Singh also served as the President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee thrice. His father was the last Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala. He has also served in the Indian Army from 1963 to 1966. He was inducted into the Indian National Congress by Rajiv Gandhi, who was his friend from school. Singh was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980. Amarinder joined the Shiromani Akali Dal after he resigned from Congress as a protest to Operation Blue Star in the year 1984. He rejoined the Congress in 1998. Amarinder Singh was sworn in as the 26th Chief Minister of Punjab on 16 March 2017. But recently, he broke away from the Congress again after long infighting within the Punjab Congress. PPCC President Navjot Singh Sidhu is a big reason why Amarinder broke away from the party and resigned as the CM of Punjab. For the upcoming Punjab assembly elections in 2022, Amarinder Singh floated a new party Punjab Lok Congress, for which he is eyeing 24 MLAs from the ruling Congress party who are likely to be denied party nomination in the upcoming polls. However, he lost elections to AAP candidate.
Read MoreArvind Kejriwal, Amarinder Singh, Manohar Khattar and the central government have indulged in a blame game with no party ready to address the root cause of the problem.
Sushma Swaraj said she has also asked the Protector General of Emigrants, the authority responsible for protecting the interest of Indian workers going abroad, to proceed against all such recruitment agents.
It all began when Haryana CM Manohar Khattar caste aspersions on the role of Punjab police in helping Honeypreet evade arrest for 38 days.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said there was "total normalcy" in his state and the forces are alert to check any untoward incident in the wake of the Ram Rahim verdict.
Punjab CM said no loss of life was reported in any of the minor incidents reported in some parts of Punjab after the Dera chief was convicted by a CBI court at Panchkula in Haryana.
The Punjab CM added that no political interference should be allowed and the police should have complete authority to probe the matter in a neutral manner under the due process of law.
Amarinder Singh's mother 'Rajmata' Mohinder Kaur passed away this evening after prolonged illness at her residence in Patiala.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has offered the post of a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) to Harmanpreet Kaur if she so desired to join the police force.
Her resignation may not be accepted because members quitting Parliament are expected to submit their resignation in a simple format and without conditions
Amarinder Singh today took a strong note of the killing of a pastor in Ludhiana and ordered the police to act against those trying to incite communal passions in Punjab.
With the Congress government in Punjab choosing to remain silent over the issue, the BJP has demanded immediate action against controversial hoardings seeking a 'freedom referendum' in Punjab.
Making the announcements during his speech in the Punjab assembly, the Chief Minister said the move would benefit a total of 10.25 lakh farmers of the state's 18.5 lakh farming families, including 8.75 lakh farmers having land up to 5 acres.
KPS Gill, who is credited with crushing terrorism in Punjab, had succumbed to a kidney ailment at the age of 82.
Amarinder reportedly informed Rahul about the judicial inquiry initiated into allegations that Rana Gurjit Singh had acquired sand mines through his company’s employees during auctions held recently.
The court dismissed the appeal filed by the Congress leader against the March 24 order of the Estate Officer, asking Singh to vacate the Janpath bungalow.
Three videos are rocketing around the Internet in which men, suspected to be based in Canada, are seen giving threats to the Chief Minister and Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today welcomed the Army chief’s decision to give a Commendation Card to Major Nitin Gogoi for "sustained efforts" in counter-insurgency operations.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today said that the solution to the Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) dispute can be found only through consensus.
The Congress leader said his party had for long been maintaining that Kejriwal was a "dacoit", who was "only interested in filling his pockets".
Canada on Thursday termed Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s comment that five ministers in the Justin Trudeau government, including defence minister Harjit Sajjan, were “Khalistani sympathisers”, as “disappointing and inaccurate”.
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