Sources said Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi can contest elections from two seats. Adampur and Chamkor Sahib could be the two seats from where Channi is likely to contest.
A couple of days ago, Navjot Singh Sidhu in a presser while responding to a media query asked, "who said the Congress high command will decide the next CM? It will be the people of the state who will choose it."
On Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security breach in Punjab, Kejriwal said, " If AAP comes to power, then we will ensure the safety of Prime Minister as well as the safety of 3 crore people of Punjab".
Himanta Biswa alleged that the Congress high command and the party's other central leaders were part of the conspiracy against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Election Commission has already announced the dates and all the political parties have started flexing their muscles in the poll-bound states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged that the Congress high command and his Punjab counterpart had conspired to assassinate the prime minister through the ‘security breach’ on January 5 while Narendra Modi was visiting the northern state.
Earlier in the day, Kejriwal unveiled his party's 'Punjab Model' ahead of assembly polls and promised justice in sacrilege cases, jobs to youth, corruption-free governance.
The Lok Sabha MP from Anandpur Sahib also tagged a news report titled "Channi nudges Congress to name candidate for CM, with a hint: he is quite popular" along with the tweet.
Punjab is likely to see a five-cornered contest this election, a marked shift from a traditional duel between the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal.
Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress has struck a pre-poll alliance with the BJP for fighting the Punjab assembly polls.
Elections in Punjab will be held in a single phase on February 14 to elect 117 members to the Legislative Assembly. The results will be announced on March 10.
The Election Commission has already announced the dates and all the political parties have started flexing their muscles in the five poll-bound states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab.
The development comes as a surprise as Channi himself represents the Congress party, a rival of BJP.
Unveiling the first set of plans in his Punjab Model with focus on resurrection of Punjab, Sidhu, in the absence of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and his Cabinet colleagues, told the media, "Punjab Model is people's model, an effort to give a roadmap to return power to people."
As per the information, in two instances, some unidentified persons had hurled hand grenades at Pathankot -- one near Chakki Pull on November 11, 2021 at about 9.30 pm, another outside Triveni Dwar, 21 sub-area of the army in Pathankot, on November 21 at about 9 pm.
Voting for Punjab assembly elections will be held in a single phase on February 14, the Election Commission said on Saturday.
According to sources, several advocate-on-record (AoRs) received calls from an unknown international number in the morning with a recorded message that Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has taken responsibility of PM' security breach in Punjab.
Malvika Sood joined the Punjab Congress in presence of the Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi and PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Punjab government under CM Charanjit Singh Channi seems to be in question after PM Modi's security breach in Punjab ahead of his Ferozepur rally. Supreme Court heard the case on Monday.
Prime Minister, who was on his way for an election rally, was stopped on a flyover after his convoy was blocked by some protesters.
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