Amarinder Singh meets NSA Ajit Doval in Delhi
News | September 30, 2021 12:20 ISTFormer Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh met national security advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday in Delhi
Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh met national security advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday in Delhi
Amarinder Singh is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi today amid speculations that he could join the BJP.
Amid the Punjab Congress fiasco, Kapil Sibal launched an attack on Rahul Gandhi and wondered who in the party is taking decisions. He said that the party leaders' demand of organisational elections has not been met even a year after the letter was written by G-23.
The meeting assumes significance as Singh had not opened his cards but had claimed that he had not quit politics and would fight till the end.
Yoginder Dhingra resigns as General Secretary of Punjab Congress 'in solidarity with Navjot Singh Sidhu'. Dhingra is the third Congress leader to quit after Minister Razia Sultana & state party treasurer Gulzar Inder Chahal post Sidhu's resignation
Razia Sultana took oath as Punjab cabinet minister just two days ago and was allocated portfolio earlier today. However, after a dramatic turn of events in the party's state unit, she quitted as a minister in solidarity with Sidhu.
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.
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.
A little over a week after stepping down as Punjab Chief Minister following a bitter feud with Navjot Singh Sidhu, senior Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh is scheduled to visit Delhi on Tuesday. According to sources, Amarinder Singh will be leaving for Delhi from Chandigarh in the afternoon. The former Punjab CM is likely to meet Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital, sources said.
The former Punjab CM is likely to meet Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital, sources said.
Captain Amarinder Singh had recently resigned as the Chief Minister of the state due to factionalism and internal strife in the Punjab Congress.
Congress recently held a press conference on Amarinder Singh's interview with India TV where he slammed Sidhu and many others in Congress. In her statement, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said old people get angry.
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.
Renewing his attack on Congress Punjab party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, former CM Captain Amarinder Singh said that the cricketer-turned-politician is 'dangerous for the country'. In an exclusive interview with India TV, Singh also hit out at party top leadership's advisors namely Randeep Singh Surjewala and KC Venugopal for ill-advising Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
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.
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.
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.
Ramdas Athawale has suggested that Amarinder Singh should quit the Congress and join the BJP-led NDA.
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