The Patiala assembly seat has been the family bastion of the former chief minister. He had represented the seat four times -- 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017.
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for announcing to repeal three farm laws.
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Randhawa in a statement said the former Chief Minister, who also held the Home Portfolio, had then ordered the reinstatement of the police officer while withholding just one increment despite the then Additional Chief Secretary, Home, not writing in favour of the officer.
Amarinder Singh on Tuesday had resigned from the Congress, accusing party president Sonia Gandhi and Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of hatching a "midnight conspiracy" to oust him.
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh finally announced the name of his new party today. The name of his new party is Punjab Lok Congress. How effective will this party be come 2022?
Captain sent a seven-page resignation letter to party president Sonia Gandhi, sources said. Singh had quit as the Punjab chief minister in September amid a bitter power tussle with state Congress chief Navjot Sidhu.
He sent a seven-page resignation letter to party president Sonia Gandhi, sources said. Singh had quit as the Punjab chief minister in September amid a bitter power tussle with state Congress chief Navjot Sidhu.
In his resignation letter, Singh has expressed concern over Congress's decision to appoint Navjot Singh Sidhu as Punjab Congress President and has written to Sonia Gandhi that one day the Congress high command will have to regret its decision.
The former chief minister had said he would launch his new political party as and when the Election Commission clears the name and the symbol He had also slammed the Congress while claiming that many people from the party are in touch with him.
Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said he will launch his new political party when the Election Commission clears the name and symbol, and claimed that many people from the Congress are in touch with him.
This will be Amarinder Singh's second meeting with Amit Shah after he resigned as the Chief Minister of Punjab on September 18.
The Punjab government has decided to call a special session of the Legislative Assembly on November 8. We demand the Centre abolish farm laws by November 8 or else, we will abolish them at the special session on November 8, said Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.
Captain Amarinder Singh had resigned as the Punjab chief minister last month amid a bitter power tussle with Punjab Congress chief Sidhu. After resigning, he had said that he felt “humiliated”.
Singh is expected to announce the launch of his own political party — the Punjab Lok Congress — on Wednesday ahead of the Assembly elections slated for early next year.
Amarinder Singh quit the Congress last month after the party leadership asked him to vacate the Chief Minister's chair. Singh was replaced by Charanjit Singh Channi.
In a series of tweets on Sunday, Tewari questioned the progress on issues like the 2015 sacrilege incidents, drug menace and power purchase pacts. He also hit out at Congress general secretary Harish Rawat over his reference in an interview.
Amid the ongoing tussle between Punjab unit of Congress and former CM Amarinder Singh, PPCC Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife has alleged that postings in Punjab did not take place without bribery. Navjot Kaur Sidhu alleged that Amarinder Singh gave away gifts to Pakistani journalist Aroosa Alam by using these bribes. Her statement comes one day after Amarinder and Punjab deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa locked horns over the Pakistani journalist.
Amarinder Singh on the other hand said that Alam had been coming to India for 16 years with due clearances from the Centre.
Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has said a probe would be carried out to ascertain whether Aroosa Alam, a Pakistani journalist who has been visiting former chief minister Amarinder Singh for several years, has links with the ISI.
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