The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday claimed that Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu quit from his post as he 'could not bear" that a Dalit has been made the chief minister of the state.

Addressing a presser, Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi said, "I have my confidence in Sidhu, if needed I shall call him... but there is no difference. How can he be angry with me."

Navjot 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.

Reportedly 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.

Navjot Singh Sidhu in a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi resigned as party's Punjab unit chief but said he will continue to serve the party.

The Congress had appointed Sidhu as Punjab state unit chief in July following a bitter duel with Captain Amarinder Singh which eventually saw the later stepping down from his post.

Following a two-day national convention at the Singhu border last month, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) had called for a 'Bharat Bandh' on September 27.

Captain Amarinder Singh had recently resigned as the Chief Minister of the state due to factionalism and internal strife in the Punjab Congress.

Captain Amarinder Singh though is not opening his cards for what he will do in the future, but he is making it clear that he is not going to hang his boots soon, and will fight the battle like a soldier.

Will Amarinder Singh continue to remain in Congress, form his own party, or join the BJP, he discusses it in an exclusive conversation with India TV.

Slamming party's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, Amarinder Singh said he is dangerous for the country and the party will not win even 10 seats under his leadership in the upcoming assembly elections. In an exclusive interview with India TV, Singh also hit out at party top leadership's advisors.

Daman Uppal replaced Dinesh Bassi, a loyalist of former chief minister Amarinder Singh.

Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday paid obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. It was his first visit to the holy city after becoming the CM.  

Sunil Jakhar has described party's state in charge Harish Rawat's statement that the upcoming state Assembly elections will be fought under Navjot Singh Sidhu's leadership as baffling.   

On reports that party's Punjab unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu didn't want any other leader to be considered for the post of chief minister except him, Harish Rawat said it wouldn't be a fare observation since such reports were unsubstantiated.

Rawat stated that Congress had on Saturday itself unanimously decided to make Charanjit Singh Channi the next Chief Minister of Punjab. He said that the names for two deputy chief ministers are yet to be decided.

BJP leader Amit Malviya, who is its IT department head, tweeted, "Congress's CM pick Charanjit Channi faces action in a 3-year-old MeToo case. He had allegedly sent an inappropriate text to a woman IAS officer in 2018. It was covered up but the case resurfaced when Punjab Women's Commission sent notice. Well done, Rahul."

It gives me immense pleasure to announce that Charanjit Singh Channi has been unanimously elected as the Leader of the Congress Legislature Party of Punjab, AICC general secretary Harish Rawat said on Sunday.

Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, the Jails and Cooperation Minister in the outgoing cabinet, has emerged as the frontrunner for the post of Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, who will be the next chief minister, the sources said.

Sources say that this time the Congress party will appoint a deputy chief minister also. The decisions on new Punjab Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister are likely to be taken on Sunday.