Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday submitted his resignation as the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief. His move came after Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday demanded the resignation of the state chiefs of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab, as a result of Congress' humiliating defeat in all these states.
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu was defeated from the Amritsar East seat in the recently concluded Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections. AAP candidate and political greenhorn Jeevanjyot Kaur defeated Sidhu by a margin of 6,750 votes.
The Congress interim chief has also asked the PCC Presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur to put in their resignations in order to facilitate reorganisation of post
For the unversed, Navjot Singh Sidhu was a popular face of 'The Kapil Sharma Show'. But later he was replaced by Archana Puran Singh as he pursued his political career. She was recently trolled after Sidhu faced a defeat at Punjab Assembly Polls.
AAP candidate and political greenhorn Jeevanjyot Kaur defeated Sidhu by a margin of 6,750 votes.
Navjot Singh Sidhu was a popular face of 'The Kapil Sharma Show'. But later he was replaced by Archana Puran Singh as he pursued his political career. He was the one who sat on the chair and laughed his lungs out on Kapil's jokes.
Punjab Election Result: The eldest Badal, who won the seat five times in a row since 1997, lost to Gurmeet Khuddian from Lambi by 11,357 votes, while his son and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief and Member of Parliament Sukhbir Badal faced humiliating defeat from Jalalabad, and his son-in-law Adesh Partap Singh Kairon faced defeat from Patti in Tarn Taran district from AAP's Laljit Singh Bhullar.
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu trails in Amritsar East. AAP candidate Jeevanjot Kaur is at first spot while SAD's Bikram Singh Majithia at the second spot.
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu is contesting from Amritsar East in Punjab elections 2022.
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During poll meetings in Balachaur and Rupnagar, Nadda trained his guns at the ruling Congress over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He alleged that Congress members were involved in the riots.
With less than 10 days from the assembly election, Navjot Singh Sidhu said that Punjab has never given a hung assembly, it will go with one party, doesn't matter how many parties are contesting elections.
In an exclusive conversation with India TV, Navjot Kaur, wife of Navjot Singh Sidhu said her husband would have been a better choice for the CM candidate for Punjab in upcoming assembly election.
In an exclusive conversation with India TV, Navjot Kaur, wife of Navjot Singh Sidhu, has said that his husband was a better candidate for CM face. The general public was in favor of making Sidhu the CM face.
To give a further boost to the NDA campaign in Punjab, the prime minister will address three rallies on February 14, 16, and 17, state BJP general secretary Subash Sharma said.
Channi was picked up as Chief Minister after Captain Amarinder Singh resigned from the post in September last year amid unending infighting in the party.
Ahead of elections, PM Modi said that BJP and NDA's motive is to create 'Nawan Punjab' adding they will form border area development authority in Punjab.
Ahead of the announcement of Punjab Cong's CM face, Sidhu had said that he would accept whatever Rahul Gandhi decides.
Using the hashtag '#CurtainsForSidhu' on its Twitter handle, it shared a picture in which Gandhi, Sidhu, Channi and Sunil Jakhar held each other's hands and raised them in the air. However, the face of Sidhu got covered accidentally for a few seconds because of his shawl.
Charanjit Singh Channi, after Congress announced him as party's CM face for the upcoming Punjab assembly election 2022, thanked the Congress High Command and people of Punjab for bestowing trust in him.
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