Abohar (Punjab) [India], February 2 (ANI): Former Punjab Pradesh Congress chief Sunil Jakhar has claimed that 42 of 79 party MLAs wanted him to take over as the Punjab Chief Minister after Captain Amarinder Singh stepped down from the post while only two legislators favoured Charanjit Singh Channi.

Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], January 27 (ANI): After Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu urged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to announce the Chief Ministerial face for the Punjab Assembly elections on Thursday, he said that decision will be taken by the party workers.

Amritsar (Punjab) [India], January 27 (ANI): Five MPs and leaders of the Congress party were absent from Rahul Gandhi's rally in Punjab's Amritsar ahead of State Assembly elections that are scheduled to take place on February 20.

Patiala (Punjab) [India, January 25 (ANI): Patiala MP Preneet Kaur on Tuesday condemned the alleged 'sacrilege attempt' at Kali Mandir and urged the state government to further strengthen the law and order situation in the state.

New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): A meeting of the Punjab Congress campaign committee was held at the party's "war room" to discuss strategy for taking achievements of the state government to the people in the run up to the assembly polls early next year.

New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has faced major backlash from the BJP MPs after he shared a picture on social media with six women members of Parliament captioned "...attractive place to work...".

Chandigarh Nov 26 PTI Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Friday targeted Congress leader Harish Choudhary accusing him of turning the current CM into a rubber stamp while junking accusations that he was in cahoots with the BJP and the PM when he occupied the post The former CM also said he does not owe any explanation to a legislator sacked as a minister in Rajasthan Choudhary was recently appointed as the incharge of Punjab affairs at the All-India Congress Committee AICC and had resigned as a minister in Rajasthan Amarinder Singh had quit the Congress after he put in his papers as the state chief minister following a bitter power tussle with Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu The former CM floated his own political party and hoping for a seat arrangement with the BJP for the upcoming Assembly elections Amarinder Singh said although he owed no explanation to an out of job legislator who has been sacked as a minister in Rajasthan he still wanted to set the record straight Had I had any understanding with the prime minister or the BJP when I was the chief minister I would not have supported the farmers agitation and demanded repealing of the agriculture laws and passed a law in the Vidhan Sabha against these he said in a statement Amarinder Singh said as the chief minister and home minister of Punjab he was supposed to meet the PM and Union home minister and so were his ministers who would meet their central counterparts Even your new CM Charanjit Singh Channi has met the PM and the HM Home Minister Amit Shah and from your senseless logic then he should also be having an understanding with the BJP and waiting to be sacked he taunted Chaudhary Amarinder said it was for the first time that a party in-charge had made the state as his permanent abode I have worked with 14 party in-charges like Pranab Mukherjee Mohsina Kidwai Janaradhan Dwivedi to name a few and they would rarely interfere leave aside visiting or settling down in Punjab he recalled A party in-charge is not supposed to settle down in the state he is assigned but to facilitate interaction and feedback to the high command the former CM said He alleged that Harish Choudhary is enjoying chief ministerial power and privileges in Punjab turning Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi into a rubber stamp by dictating terms to him Choudhary has been even attending the cabinet and other meetings of officers which is illegal and unconstitutional he alleged The former Chief Minister questioned the legality of Choudhary getting a ministerial bungalow in Chandigarh and the entire Punjab Bhawan at his disposal from where he commands and dictates orders to the CM other ministers and officers Who is paying for his expenses he asked The remarks by the former CM have come two days after Harish Choudhary issued a show-cause notice to Patiala Congress MP Preneet Kaur wife of Amarinder Singh seeking an explanation for her anti-party activities Amarinder Singh had also announced that he will fight from the Patiala seat his family bastion in the 2022 Assembly elections PTI SUN VSD RDK RDK

Chandigarh : The Congress issued a show-cause against wife of Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh and Congress Patiala MP Preneet Kaur seeking an explanation for her “anti-party activities,” and siding with her husband’s party. Congress Leader Harish Choudhary, said that they have been receiving reports from Congress workers about her anti-party activities. Issuing the notice to Preneet Kaur he wrote, “For the last many days, we are continuously receiving reports from Congress workers, MLAs, leaders from Patiala and the media about your anti-party activities.” “This information and news have been coming ever since your husband Captain Amarinder Singh ji resigned from the Congress and floated his own party: Punjab Lok Congress.

Chandigarh : The Congress issued a show-cause against wife of Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh and Congress Patiala MP Preneet Kaur seeking an explanation for her “anti-party activities,” and siding with her husband’s party. Congress Leader Harish Choudhary, said that they have been receiving reports from Congress workers about her anti-party activities. Issuing the notice to Preneet Kaur he wrote, “For the last many days, we are continuously receiving reports from Congress workers, MLAs, leaders from Patiala and the media about your anti-party activities.” “This information and news have been coming ever since your husband Captain Amarinder Singh ji resigned from the Congress and floated his own party: Punjab Lok Congress.

Chandigarh : The Congress issued a show-cause against wife of Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh and Congress Patiala MP Preneet Kaur seeking an explanation for her “anti-party activities,” and siding with her husband’s party. Congress Leader Harish Choudhary, said that they have been receiving reports from Congress workers about her anti-party activities. Issuing the notice to Preneet Kaur he wrote, “For the last many days, we are continuously receiving reports from Congress workers, MLAs, leaders from Patiala and the media about your anti-party activities.” “This information and news have been coming ever since your husband Captain Amarinder Singh ji resigned from the Congress and floated his own party: Punjab Lok Congress.