Kharar (Punjab) [India], February 20 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday offered prayers at Gurudwara Sri Katalgarh Sahib in Kharar ahead of polling and said that his government has made all efforts to do the most in the short span of time he got and rest is the will of the people.

Chamkaur Sahib (Punjab) [India], February 3 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday informed that the name of the Congress chief ministerial candidate for upcoming state assembly elections will be announced on February 6.

Chandigarh Jan 31 PTI Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has assets worth Rs 944 crore according to his poll affidavit filed on Monday Channi on Monday filed his nomination papers from Bhadaur seat in Barnala district The Congress has fielded Channi from two Assembly segments the other being Chamkaur Sahib According to his election affidavit Channi 58 owns an SUV Toyota Fortuner worth Rs 3257 lakh while his wife who is a doctor has two vehicles worth Rs 4599 lakh Channi who is the first Dalit chief minister of Punjab has shown his moveable and immoveable assets including those of wife worth Rs 262 crore and Rs 682 crore respectively He has agricultural non-agricultural land and commercial property at Kharar in Mohali and Rupnagar according to his affidavit There is one residential house with 14062 square feet of area in Morinda in Channis name and another residential property with 13500 square feet of area at Kharar in Mohali in his wifes name as per the affidavit Both Channi and his wifes total liabilities including a car loan stand at Rs 8835 lakh as per his affidavit Channi has declared his total income at Rs 2784 lakh for 2020-21 Channi has declared business as his profession He has done BA LLB from Panjab University and MBA from Punjab Technical University and is now pursuing PhD from the PU Chandigarh Channi who replaced Amarinder Singh last year is the first chief minister of Punjab from the Scheduled Castes community PTI CHS VSD RDK RDK

Barnala (Punjab) [India], January 31 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister and Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi filed his nomination from Bhadaur Assembly constituency in Barnala district on Monday ahead of Punjab Assembly polls.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 30 (ANI): The Congress party on Sunday released its third list of eight candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Punjab which revealed that sitting Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi will contest from two seats.

New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Moments after the Congress party announced its third list of candidates on Sunday for the upcoming Assembly polls in Punjab revealing that Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi will contest from two constituencies, Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal said that his party's survey had already found that the Chief Minister will lose the election and his fighting from two seats is an indication that the survey is true.

Chandigarh Jan 21 PTI AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi will face defeat from his Chamkaur Sahib seat in the next month state assembly polls as he cited some survey to corroborate his claim The Delhi Chief Minister further said that people are shocked to see the seizure of crores of rupees from Channis nephew during the recent Enforcement Directorate raids Our survey is showing that Channi ji is losing from Chamkaur Sahib People are shocked to see on TV the ED officers counting bundles of notes said Kejriwal in a tweet Channi will fight the February 20 state assembly polls from the Chamkaur Sahib seat The Aam Aadmi Party has been attacking Channi ever since the ED carried out raids at many places including at the premises of Channis nephew Kejriwal had on Wednesday said Channi is not a common man but a dishonest man as he sought to corner the Congress leader over the ED raids The AAP convenor through his comment had sought to target the common man image which Channi has tried to cultivate following his elevation as the chief minister last year Channi aam aadmi nahi baiman aadmi hai Channi is not a common man he is a dishonest man Kejriwal had tweeted in Hindi attacking the CM on Wednesday AAP leader Raghav Chadha on Thursday had asked Channi to explain the recovery of huge sums of cash seized during the ED raids from the premises linked to his relative The ED on Wednesday had said it seized cash amounting to over Rs 10 crore including about Rs 8 crore from a relative of Channi during raids conducted in connection with an anti-money laundering investigation against illegal sand-mining operations in the poll-bound state In a statement the Enforcement Directorate ED had said incriminating documents related to illegal sand mining and property transactions mobile phones gold worth more than Rs 21 lakh and a Rolex watch worth Rs 12 lakh were also seized during the searches that ended on Wednesday Notably Channi on Wednesday had accused the BJP-led central government of hatching a conspiracy to trap him in the case in which raids were conducted by the ED at many places in Punjab The Congress on Thursday hadcomplained to the Election Commission of India ECI seeking stern action against the ED officials for carrying out illegal and malafide raids to defame Channi and the incumbent state government PTI CHS SUN RCJ RCJ

New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): The Congress on Saturday announced the first list of 86 candidates for the upcoming Punjab Assembly, according to which Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi will contest from his traditional seat Chamkaur Sahib.

New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Keeping up the attack on the Congress-led government in Punjab, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday questioned Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi whether he visited a different mining site which has not been mentioned by Raghav Chadha.

Chandigarh Sep 20 PTI Newly sworn-in Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi issued directions to all government officers and employees on Monday to ensure their presence during office timingsHe directed them to reach office by 9 am and remain available for the public till the office hours in the evening according to an official statementThe move is aimed at bringing discipline in government offices the statement saidChanni was sworn in as the chief minister of Punjab on Monday He was administered the oath by the governorStressing on the need to bring transparency in government offices Channi directed all officers and employees to deal with the grievances of people on priorityTo ensure availability of all the government officers and employees in the offices during official hours the administrative secretaries and department heads should conduct surprise checks twice a week to keep vigil on the employees working under them he saidThe chief minister also asked the administrative secretaries and department heads to keep a close watch on the activities and records at their officesMeanwhile after paying obeisance at the Gurdwara Sri Katalgarh Sahib in Chamkaur Sahib earlier in the day Channi said justice would soon be done in the 2015 sacrilege incidentsHe said he is a devout Sikh of Guru Sahib and cannot tolerate that culprits responsible for the desecration of a religious text are roaming around freelyIn an official statement the chief minister also announced Rs 50 crore for the development of the Chamkaur Sahib constituency which he currently represents in the AssemblyIn a brief speech he also highlighted a theme park that would be inaugurated on November 6 PTI CHS VSD RC