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.
After a Dalit CM in Punjab, the Congress is eyeing gains in Uttarakhand but it is unlikely that the party will get much traction in UP as Mayawati is a formidable force in the state and non-Jatav Dalits have mostly aligned with the BJP.
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.
Senior Congress leader Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned from his post as the Chief Minister of Punjab after months of political tussle, saying he stepped down as he felt 'humiliated'.
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".
Taking to Twitter, Gehlot shared his thoughts on the ongoing Congress crisis, and addressed the former Punjab CM
The top leadership in the party has been keeping an eye on the situation in the state. Punjab, which has 117 assembly seats, is slated to go to the polls early next year.
Amarinder Singh said he won’t accept state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu as the next CM or the party face in the Assembly polls.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) co-incharge for Assembly Elections 2022 Raghav Chadha called Congress the "sinking Titanic" and said that the governance of Punjab has come to a grinding halt.
Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned as Chief Minister of Punjab, citing continued humiliation by the Congress leadership over the past two months.
Making it clear that he would explore and exercise his future options when the time comes, Captain Amarinder said he would decide his future political course of action in consultation with his supporters who have stood by him for over five decades.
Amid fresh rumblings in the Punjab unit of Congress, Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned as Chief Minister saying he was humialted. Addressing a presser after tendering his resignation to Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit, he said the party can appoint whoseover it wants as Punjab's next chief minister.
The 79-year-old widely respected and popular leader steered the Congress in 2017 to a landslide victory in the 117-member assembly to occupy the chief minister's post for the second time.
Earlier in the day, Amarinder Singh spoke to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and expressed his anguish and displeasure over his repeated "humiliation".
Congress high command asks MLAs to skip meeting called by Amarinder Singh at 2 pm. They have been asked to put forth their suggestions in the meeting scheduled for 5 pm, say sources
Amid fresh rumblings in the Punjab unit of Congress, the party has convened an urgent meeting of its legislators in the state in Chandigarh today at 5 pm. Sunil Jakhar spoke on the same, saying that Rahul Gandhi has taken a bold decision.
Amid the ongoing tussle between Amarinder Singh and Sidhu, Punjab Congress legislators are set to meet today. Will Punjab witness a leadership change like Gujarat?
Amid the ongoing feud between Captain Amarinder and Navjot Singh Sidhu, Punjab Congress legislators are all set to meet on Saturday. The meeting will also be attended by Ajay Maken and Harish Chaudhary.
Navjot Singh Sidhu and Amarinder Singh have been at loggerheads with each other and have also made public comments against each other.
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