Chandigarh [India], January 23 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) demanded a CBI probe into alleged illegal mining in chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi's home constituency of Chamkaur Sahib including that on forest land.

Jaipur Nov 20 PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will hold a meeting of his current council of ministers on Saturday evening when several ministers are expected to resign ahead of a proposed reshuffle officials sources saidThe chief minister is expected to meet Governor Kalraj Mishra after the meeting which was earlier expected to be held at 5 pm but has now been pushed to later in the evening they saidThe oath ceremony may take place on Sunday at Raj Bhawan the sources saidGovind Singh Dotasra Harish Chaudhary and Raghu Sharma have already offered their resignations in writing to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday Earlier Saturday Gehlot and AICC general secretary in charge for Rajasthan Ajay Maken as well as PCC chief Dotasra addressed a Kisan Vijay Diwas gathering After that Maken and Gehlot held a meeting at a hotelMaken arrived in Jaipur last night and told reporters about the resignation of the three ministers who desired to work for the partyWhile Dotasra is the PCC chief Harish Chaudhary and Raghu Sharma are in charge of the partys affairs in Punjab and Gujarat respectivelyAfter their resignation the strength of the Cabinet has reduced from 21 to 18 Rajasthan can have a maximum of 30 ministers including the chief ministerThe clamour for a reshuffle had been growing for several months with Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilots camp demanding that his supporters be accommodated in the governmentApart from Congress MLAs independents supporting the government and MLAs who defected from the BSP to Congress also have expectations from the reshuffleGehlot had recently hinted that a reshuffle will take place soon PTI SDA MIN MIN

Jaipur Nov 20 PTI Ahead of the proposed Cabinet reshuffle Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will hold the last meeting of his current council of ministers on Saturday evening when ministers are likely to resign The meeting will take place at 5 pm at the chief ministers residence official sources said The sources said the Cabinet meeting has been called ahead of the proposed Cabinet reshuffle and ministers are likely to resign Govind Singh Dotasra Harish Chaudhary and Raghu Sharma have already offered resignation in writing to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday The sources added the oath ceremony may take place on Sunday at Raj Bhawan AICC general secretary Ajay Maken arrived in Jaipur last night and told reporters about the resignation of the three ministers who desired to work for the party While Dotasra is the PCC chief Harish Chaudhary and Raghu Sharma are in-charge of the partys affairs in Punjab and Gujrat respectively After their resignation the strength of the Cabinet has reduced from 21 to 18 Rajasthan can have a maximum of 30 ministers including the chief minister The clamour for Cabinet reshuffle had been growing for the last several months with the Pilot camp demanding to accommodate supporters of the states former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilots supporters in the government Apart from the Congress MLAs independents who support the government and MLAs who defected from the BSP to Congress also have expectations from the reshuffle Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had recently hinted that the Cabinet reshuffle will take place soon PTI SDA RAX RAX

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 19 (ANI): Rajasthan Congress in-charge Ajay Maken on Friday said that three ministers of the state Cabinet have written to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, expressing their desire to step down from their posts.

Chandigarh : In continuation of political squabbling the process for revamping the Punjab Pradesh Congress ha begun at grassroot level. The first phase list tops former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s home constituency Patiala. AICC general secretary in charge of the party’s affairs Harish Chaudhary leading the Senior Congress leaders, have started interacting with the workers in Patiala on Sunday. On the first day, noticeable absentees included Patiala MP and Captain’s wife Preneet Kaur.

Jaipur Oct 27 PTI Rajasthan Revenue Minister Harish Chaudhary has expressed his desire to leave his post and has conveyed it to the party high command including Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot The Congress recently appointed Chaudhary as the state in-charge of Punjab He also met Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday here in the national capital to discuss various organisational issues Chaudhary told PTI that he believes in the ideology of one person one post and wants to fulfil the new responsibility given to him by the party with dedication I have informed the party high command including party president Sonia Gandhi former president Rahul Gandhi our state in-charge and the chief minister he said Chaudhary said he does not want to give fuel to any controversy or speculation about his resignation from the post of minister This is my opinion which I have conveyed to the party high command he said On the upcoming Punjab assembly elections Chaudhary said he has been watching the party organisation there for the past few months and that the Congress will retain power in the state with a majority Choudhary is an MLA from the Baytu assembly seat of the state He is reckoned among the most powerful ministers in the Rajasthan government and is also considered close to Rahul Gandhi PTI AG VN VN

Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], October 23 (ANI): Newly appointed Congress' Punjab and Chandigarh in-charge, Harish Chaudhary expressed gratitude to the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi for expressing confidence in him and said that he will take everyone together for the betterment of Punjab.

Is a change of guard imminent in Punjab? Over 50 Congress MLAs from the state have written to party president Sonia Gandhi demanding that Amarinder Singh be replaced as chief minister, media reports said. A crucial meeting of the Congress Legislative Party in Chandigarh is scheduled in the evening. As crisis intensifies once again in […]