Punjab CM Channi to visit Jaipur today, have lunch with Rajasthan CM Gehlot
India | October 05, 2021 14:15 ISTGehlot will be hosting a lunch for Channi at his residence, said sources, adding that it will also be attended by all Rajasthan ministers.
Gehlot will be hosting a lunch for Channi at his residence, said sources, adding that it will also be attended by all Rajasthan ministers.
A spokesperson for the Chief Minister said the UP's Home Secretary has informed Punjab's Director, Civil Aviation of the denial of permission in response to his letter seeking permission for landing and taking off of Chief Minister's chopper at Lakhimpur Kheri.
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Saturday claimed that it was not party president Sonia Gandhi who made Amarinder Singh quit as the Punjab chief minister but he had to quit after 78 party MLAs sought his removal.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is also likely to meet senior Congress leaders during his Delhi visit amid the ongoing tumult in the party's state unit.
Channi said committees at the tehsil level would be formed to handle old bill waiver cases and verify the beneficiaries.
After three rounds of meeting with the Congress high command, the new cabinet of Punjab, under the leadership of Chief Minister Charanjeet Singh Channi has been finalised.
Charanjit Singh Channi's new cabinet has been approved by Congress highcommand in Delhi. However, five of Amarinder Singh's close ministers have been ousted from the new cabinet.
Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi met Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Friday. And, now it is being reported that Rahul has approved Punjab CM's new cabinet.
Channi mentioned that he is not fond of a luxurious lifestyle and added that he has also asked the officers to ensure a reduction in vehicles constituting his cavalcade.
After a prolonged tussle within the Congress in Punjab and the resignation of Captain Amarinder Singh, senior Dalit leader Channi was elected as the new leader of the party's legislature party on Sunday and was sworn in as the CM of the state on Monday.
Charanjit Singh Channi will be accompanied by both deputy CMs Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and OP Soni, alongwith PPCC Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.
National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Rekha Sharma on September 20 said that the newly-appointed Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is a "threat" to women safety and urged Congress interim Chief Sonia Gandhi to removed Channi from his CM post.
The BSP president said she has come to know that assembly elections in Punjab will be fought under a non-Dalit leader and not under Channi.
Channi, a Dalit leader, was Technical Education Minister in the outgoing Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's cabinet and will be the first Dalit to hold the chief minister's post in Punjab.
Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday took oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and OP Soni also took oath as Deputy CMs.
Charanjit Singh Channi was chosen as the Punjab CM by Congress. Reacting to the same, his wife Kamaljit Kaur spoke exclusively with India TV expressing her joy.
Channi (58), a minister in the outgoing Amarinder Singh cabinet, comes from the Dalit community. Channi's selection assumes significance as the dissension-riven Congress faces the Assembly polls in less than five months.
Congress chose Charanjit Singh Channi as the new CM of Punjab. India TV exclusively interacted with his family members, who shared their joy on him becoming the new CM of Punjab.
Channi, who was elected the Congress Legislature Party leader on Sunday and will take oath as chief minister on Monday, succeeds Amarinder Singh who resigned on Saturday alleging humiliation by the party.
Congress has chosen Charanjit Singh Channi as the new CM of Punjab. He will be first Dalit CM in the whole history of Punjab. Watch debate and discussion on the same in this episode of Kurukshetra.
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