For the upcoming Punjab assembly elections, Congress has fielded Charanjit Singh Channi from Chamkaur Sahib. At present, Channi is the chief minister of Punjab. Prior to being appointed the chief minister of Punjab, Channi was the Minister of Technical Education and Training in the second Amarinder Singh ministry. He had also been the leader of opposition in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. In September 2021, Charanjit Singh Channi succeeded Captain Amarinder Singh as the chief minister of Punjab after the latter's resignation. With this, Channi became the first Dalit Sikh Chief Minister of Punjab. Several policy announcements were made by Channi soon after he took charge at the office. On September 21, Channi promised action concerning a sacrilege case and said that the electricity bills of waterworks schemes would be waived and connections would be restored. On September 23, Channi said "Class D" government jobs would be regularised - (they were previously outsourced). During this while, Channi was surrounded by criticism from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as the latter commented on his attire and also told him to buy clothes. On the personal front, Channi was born in the village of Makrauna Kalan, Punjab. He read law at Panjab University completed his MBA from PTU, Jalandhar. He belongs to the Dalit Sikh community.
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Thanking the Chief Minister for his prompt action, the Transport Minister said in the last three months the department has seen an increase in daily revenue to the tune of Rs 1.50 crore already.
"A person who is having a lavish lifestyle, how can he know about agonies of the common man," Channi said, targeting Delhi CM.
Stating that no rival political party has given any roadmap for the farming sector, Sidhu promised a minimum support price for oilseeds and pulses if his party returns to power.
Notably, years ago Kejriwal had retracted his allegation against Majithia that involved in the drug trade and had submitted a written apology letter in court during the hearing of the criminal defamation case filed on him and two other AAP leaders.
An unidentified man, on December 18 was beaten to death for his alleged sacrilege attempt at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, police had said.
A person was killed and 5 others were injured in the suspected IED blast on Thursday.
The Punjab government has decided to waive loans of farmers who have loans upto Rs 2 lakh on their heads. The land mortgage will also be waived.
Another man was beaten to death by a mob over a sacrilege attempt in Punjab's Kapurthala, a day after a person who hailed from UP was killed by an angry crowd for sacrilege attempt inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple.
The BJP has appealed to Union Minister Amit Shah to persuade Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi to handover the case to the CBI.
"Instead of doing the Bhangra all day CM Punjab should advice his home minister to get active and come out of denial mode," Amarinder Singh said in a tweet.
Arvind Kejriwal is on a 2-day visit to Punjab. He addressed a public gathering in Muktsar today.
To provide better health facilities to the people at their doorstep, the Cabinet also approved the creation of 775 posts, including senior medical officer, medical officers, staff nurses, pharmacists, laboratory technicians, etc by upgrading 28 health institutions.
Addressing a presser, Charanjit Singh Channi said announced that tractor drivers, garbage collectors who are hired on a contract basis will be made permanent.
The Chief Minister further said that the Punjab government wanted to waive off all the debts of the farmers and debt up to Rs. 2 lakhs has already been waived off.
Charanjit Singh Channi alleged that Amarinder Singh and SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal were 'befooling' the people of Punjab.
Addressing a poll rally in Punjab's Hoshiarpur, Delhi CM Kejriwal said that Charanjit Singh Channi belongs to the Scheduled Caste (SC) and is asking people of his community to vote for him.
The chief minister's statement came two days after Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu batted for opening of trade with Pakistan through the Attari-Wagah land route.
Terming it an "expose", the AAP leader also accused the ruling Congress in the state of "patronising" the sand mafia. Chadha made the accusations after he visited Jindapur village in Chamkaur Sahib.
The Punjab chief minister also slammed former CM Amarinder Singh for his "myopic mindset" towards the poor.
Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said that he will go on a hunger strike against the Channi-led state government if it doesn't make the reports on drugs menace and the sacrilege incident public.
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