Malerkotla (Punjab) [India], January 23 (ANI): Punjab Minister Razia Sultana on Sunday said that Congress will fight the election under the leadership of Navjot Singh Sidhu, Charanjit Singh Channi and Sunil Jakhar but the chief minister will be decided after the Assembly elections only.

Lucknow Sep 28 PTI The BJP on Tuesday took a swipe at Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her visit to Uttar Pradesh at a time her party faced a fresh crisis in Punjab Priyanka Vadra ji you have come to UP at a wrong time It was time to go to Punjab Should a ticket for Punjab be arranged the Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP tweeted in Hindi Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday resigned as the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief plunging the party into a fresh crisis just months ahead of the assembly elections in the state Hours later Razia Sultana a part of the new 18-member ministry led by Charanjit Singh Channi too put in her papers expressing solidarity with the former cricketer Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi arrived here on Monday on a five-day visit to review and discuss the partys preparedness for next years assembly elections in the state This is her second visit to the state this month Uttar Pradesh goes to assembly polls early next year along with Punjab and some other states PTINAV SMN SMN

Chandigarh Sep 28 PTI Razia Sultana resigned as the Punjab Cabinet minister on Tuesday just hours after Navjot Singh Sidhu quit as the state Congress chief In her resignation letter to Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi Sultana said she is resigning in solidarity with Navjot Singh Sidhu Sultana is considered close to Sidhu Her husband Mohd Mustafa who is a former IPS officer is a principal strategic adviser to Sidhu Earlier in the day Sultana was given the charge of the water supply and sanitation social security women and child development printing and stationery departments She used to hold the transport department in the Amarinder Singh-led government PTI CHS SUN VSD RDK RDK

Chandigarh Sep 28 PTI Razia Sultana put in her papers as the Punjab Cabinet minister in solidarity with Navjot Singh Sidhu who resigned from the post of the state Congress chief on Tuesday Sultana is considered close to Sidhu and her husband Mohd Mustafa a former IPS officer is a principal strategic adviser to the Congress leader In her resignation letter to Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi the minister said I Razia Sultana hereby resign as cabinet minister Punjab in solidarity with Navjot Singh Sidhu PPCC president and millions of Congress workers across the state I will continue to work for the party as a worker in the best interest of Punjab My heartfelt thanks to Sonia Gandhiji honble Congress president and Rahul Gandhiji for their countless blessings on me and my family in our hours of need she said in her resignation letter Mustafa shared the resignation of his wife on his Twitter handle So proud of my wife Razia Sultana for her principled decision to resign in the best interest of Cong and its leadership in particular Rahul Gandhi our benefactor tweeted Mustafa Both Mustafa and Sultana went to Patiala to meet Sidhu at his residence there Sidhu on Tuesday resigned as the chief of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee plunging the party into a fresh crisis just months ahead of the assembly elections in the state Sidhu quit the post shortly after the allocation of portfolios to members of the new state Cabinet In a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi he said he will continue to serve the party Sidhu had taken over as the state party chief in July amid a bitter power tussle with Amarinder Singh who stepped down as CM 10 days back while accusing the party high command of humiliating him The Charanjit Singh Channi-led government in Punjab on Tuesday allotted portfolios to all ministers in the state two days after 15 ministers were inducted Sultana has been allotted departments of water supply and sanitation social security women and child development and printing and stationery Earlier she held the charge of the transport department in the Amarinder Singh-led government PTI CHS SUN VSD RDK RDK

Chandigarh [India], September 28 (ANI): Punjab Cabinet Minister Razia Sultana resigned from his ministerial post on Tuesday in "solidarity" with party leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who resigned as party's state unit chief.

New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): Congress MLAs Razia Sultana, Vijay Inder Singla, Bharat Bhushan Ashu and Randeep Singh Nabha took oath as ministers in Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi-led new State Cabinet on Sunday.