New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Punjab MLA Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, who recently joined the BJP from Congress has been given 'Z' category security in Delhi and Punjab, said a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) official on Wednesday.
Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Congress Punjab in-charge Harish Chaudhary said on Tuesday that Rana Gurmeet Sodhi had left the party because it was not able to give him a ticket from where he wanted to contest elections.
Chandigarh Dec 21 PTI Senior Congress leader and former Punjab minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Tuesday resigned from the party saying he was deeply hurt by the bickering and in-fighting within its state unit Sodhi who is the MLA from Guruharsahai in Ferozepur district was the sports minister in the state government led by Amarinder Singh who quit as chief minister in September and left the Congress in November In his letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sodhi said he was deeply hurt by the bickering and in-fighting within the Punjab Congress This is harming the party as well as causing serious problems for the state and the government he said I feel suffocated and helpless in the present situation especially when the party has put states security and communal harmony at stake Rather than taking action to restore peace in Punjab senior Congress leadership is hell-bent on destroying the border state for their personal gains he wrote Agonised with the current state of affairs I put my resignation from all posts and primary membership of the Congress party with immediate effect said Sodhi who is considered close to Amarinder Singh Sodhi said he had been in the Congress for the last more than four decades I had been hand-picked by our illustrious leader late Shri Rajiv Gandhi ji to contest my first election to the Punjab state assembly from Guruharsahai assembly constituency in district Ferozepur in 1985 he said Stating that he had been a hardcore worker of the party with unflinching loyalty through thick and thin he said he contested and won assembly polls from Guruharsahai four times from 2002 till date Sodhi was dropped as the minister after Charanjit Singh Channi took over as the chief minister PTI CHS VSD RAX RAX
Chandigarh Dec 21 PTI Senior Congress leader and former Punjab minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Tuesday resigned from the party saying he was deeply hurt by the bickering and in-fighting within the state unitSodhi who is the MLA from Guruharsahai was the sports minister in the state government led by Amarinder Singh who resigned from the post of chief minister in September and left the Congress in NovemberIn his letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sodhi said he was deeply hurt by the bickering and in-fighting within the Punjab CongressThis is harming the party as well as causing serious problems for the state and the government he saidAgonised with the current state of affairs I put my resignation from all posts and primary membership of the Congress party with immediate effect Sodhi said PTI CHS VSD ANB ANB
Chandigarh Oct 27 PTI Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has gone to Delhi where he is expected to meet the Congress leadership sources said on Wednesday Channis visit to the national capital came on a day former CM Amarinder Singh said he will launch his new party when the Election Commission clears it name and symbol and claimed that several party leaders are in touch with him The Congress leadership has reached out to several party leaders including MLAs considered Amarider Singhs loyalists Party leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met former ministers Balbir Singh Sidhu and Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi holding separate meetings Sidhu said he met Rahul and discussed issues related to the 2022 Assembly elections idhu was dropped as the cabinet minister after Charanjit Singh Channi took over as the chief minister It was a good meeting said Sodhi Its always a pleasure to meet a considerate gentle leader like him and exchange fruitful dialogues for the progress of Punjab its people Sodhi said on his Facebook page To a question on Amarinders decision of forming his own political party Sodhi said the former CM has not discussed the issue with him Amarinder Singh had resigned as the Punjab chief minister last month amid a bitter power tussle with Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu PTI CHS VSD RDK RDK
Chandigarh Sep 24 PTI Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi was again called to Delhi by the Congress high command to discuss the expansion of the state Cabinet just hours after he returned from the national capital according to sources Channi has left for the national capital from here they said It is the CMs third visit to Delhi in the past a few days Channi had gone to Delhi on Thursday evening where he discussed the formation of his cabinet with Rahul Gandhi He had also held discussions with All-India Congress Committee AICC general secretary Harish Rawat After the meeting Channi returned early Friday morning Meanwhile former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar is learnt to have met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi There is now speculation that Jakhar who narrowly missed out on succeeding Amarinder Singh as CM may be rehabilitated with some post Jakhar was the frontrunner for the post of the Congress Legislature Party leader However party leaders including Ambika Soni suggested that a Sikh should occupy the top post in the state The Congress picked Channi who belongs to the Scheduled Castes community The state Cabinet is likely to see some fresh faces the sources said The names of Pargat Singh Raj Kumar Verka Gurkirat Singh Kotli Sangat Singh Gilzian Surjit Dhiman Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Kuljit Singh Nagra are doing the rounds Pargat Singh considered close to Sidhu is at present the Punjab Congress general secretary and Gilzian is a working president of the partys state unit There is a speculation that Amarinder Singhs staunch loyalists--Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi who is the sports minister and Sadhu Singh Dharamsot who is the social justice empowerment minister--may be dropped from the cabinet PTI CHS VSD RDK RDK
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): The close aides of the former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh are likely to face the heat as the discussions over the cabinet of newly-appointed Punjab Chief Minister Charanjeet Singh Channi is underway.
India’s Paralympian shooter Avani Lekhara on Friday created history at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics as she became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic medals. She has earned her place in the history books at the age of 19. She won the bronze medal in the 50m Rifle 3 Position SH1. The 19-year-old finished […]
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