Amid numerous speculations, Punjab Congress has chosen Charanjit Singh Channi as the new CM of Punjab. The same was announced by Harish Rawat on Twitter. Watch this episode of Muqabla.
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.
Amid numerous speculations, Punjab Congress has chosen Charanjit Singh Channi as the new CM of Punjab. The same was announced by Harish Rawat on Twitter.
Sukhijinder Singh Randhawa is likely to become the new CM of Punjab, after Amarinder Singh resigned from the post of Punjab CM.
When the mediapersons here asked that can it be assumed that they are talking to the future chief minister, Randhawa quipped, " You are talking to a Congressman".
Meanwhile, former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar, current state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa are frontrunners for the post of the CLP leader, the sources said.
Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned as chief minister of Punjab with less than five months to go for the Assembly polls after a bruising power struggle with state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, and said he felt "humiliated" over the way the party handled the protracted crisis.
Reacting to reported remarks of Sidhu's advisors Pyare Lal Garg questioning Amarinder Singh's criticism of Pakistan, as well as the earlier controversial statement of Malwinder Singh Mali on Kashmir, Punjab CM Amarinder expressed shock at their "extraordinary statements".
The Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh said his government had decided to waive off loans amounting to Rs 520 crore of farm labor and landless farmers, with respect to the principal amount against their cooperative loans as of July 31, 2017, and simple interest at the rate of seven percent per annum on the above amount till March 6, 2019.
The Chief Minister further announced that an Act would soon be notified which would mandate budgetary spending on the Dalit welfare equal to the percentage of SC population in the state, and the 85th Constitutional Amendment would be implemented in line with judgments of the Supreme Court.
The CM dedicated the memorial to the people of Punjab, saying this second memorial at the site of the gory massacre is a tribute to all those unknown martyrs who laid down their lives during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Citing the recent heavy influx of weapons, hand grenades, and IEDs into the state, with Pakistan's ISI also raising the ante ahead of the Independence Day and in the run-up to the Assembly polls, he told Shah at a meeting here this evening that the security situation was grave and needed the Centre's immediate intervention.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is on his way to New Delhi and will meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi today.
Emphasising on the need for at least one Sainik School each in the Malwa, Doaba and Majha regions, the three natural geographical divisions of the state, CM Amarinder Singh said it was felt that a third Sainik School in Bathinda will suitably cater to this requirement
Congress MLA Pargat Singh accuses Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh of threatening him.
During his meeting with Chief Ministers over resurgence of COVID-19 cases, PM Narendra Modi on March 17 said that the issue of vaccine wastage should be taken seriously and asked to review it immediately.
Lashing out at his Haryana counterpart for inflicting brutality on Punjab's farmers, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday demanded an unequivocal apology from Manohar Lal Khattar, accusing him of spreading lies by saying "Khalistanis are managing the protests,"
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday said he will not speak to his Haryana counter Manohar Lal Khattar until he seeks an apology for "inflicting brutality" on farmers marching to Delhi.
Addressing Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh in his tweet, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that he will leave politics if there will be any trouble on MSP.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with other party workers attended 'Kisan Bachao Rally' in Sangrur on October 05. Chief Minister of Punjab, Capt Amarinder Singh addressed the rally.
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