Fazilka (Punjab) [India], February 3 (ANI): After former chief of Punjab Pradesh Congress Sunil Jakhar sparked political reactions by claiming that 42 of 79 party MLAs wanted him to take over as the Punjab Chief Minister during the change of leadership in the party, he has now backed Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi stating that he should be given time so that he continues working.
Chandigarh Nov 27 PTI SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and other party members on Saturday courted arrest to register their protest against what they called a conspiracy by the Congress to implicate senior party leader Bikram Singh Majithia in a false drug case Led by Badal senior leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal SAD marched towards Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channis residence and courted arrest Earlier talking to reporters Badal accused Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu of resorting to extra constitutional measures by directing the state government to register a false case against Akali leader Bikram Majithia The chief minister and the home minister have not only agreed to this demand to divert attention from failures of the Congress government but have also directed the DGP to register the false case he said terming it a conspiracy on the part of the Congress The SAD is very clear in this matter All such persons will be prosecuted once the SAD-BSP alliance government is formed in the state We will also establish a commission to probe these false cases including those registered against Akali workers said Badal Badal also said SAD could not be intimidated by such tactics We will continue to raise our voice in the favour of people and demand that promises made to them by the Congress are fulfilled he said He said SAD will simultaneously continue to fight repression and acts of vendetta against senior party men and workers On Friday Badal had alleged that they had information that the chief minister had ordered the state DGP to register a false case against Majithia and this had been done after the CM held a meeting with Sidhu and Home Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa Meanwhile Sidhu denied the Badals charge and said he would leave politics if he could prove that he held a meeting with the state police chief I give my word of honor that Ill leave Politics if officeofssbadal can prove that I ever had any close door meeting with new DGP Punjab who illegally detained innocent Sikh boys in 2015 gave clean chits to Badals is blue eyed boy of Ex DGP Saini since new govt was formed Sidhu said in a tweet officeofssbadal It is the ED who is raiding you and investigating your shared accounts with Surinder Pehalwan and you are dancing on the tunes of Central Govt as you have always been their puppet alleged Sidhu Can you deny that Gurdeep Jujhar is your Man Friday who has been raided by ED in connection with the tainted money received from Surinder Pehalwan who is an accused in multi-crore graft case and also son-in-law of your extended family asked Sidhu as he was referring to a raid conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on the premises of businessman Gurdeep Singh Jujhar PTI CHS VSD RDK RDK
New Delhi Oct 27 PTI Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Randhawa on Wednesday met former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and is learnt to have discussed the issues of sacrilege and drugs mafia as well as the action initiated by the state government in these mattersSources said Gandhi also discussed the political situation in Punjab and the Congress prospects in next years Assembly polls after former chief-minister Amarinder Singh launched a tirade against the partyAmarinder Singh who faced an unceremonious exit from the state government last month amid a bitter power tussle with Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said he will launch his party when the Election Commission clears He has claimed that several Congress leaders are in touch with himDuring the meeting with Rahul Gandhi the Punjab deputy chief minister informed him about the action taken by the government against the drugs and transport mafia as well as in the sacrilege issue which is currently being heard in the high court sources saidRandhawa who also holds the home portfolio in the Punjab cabinet assured Rahul Gandhi about further action against the drugs mafia as well as in the sacrilege issueThe issue of action in the sacrilege case is one of the demands raised by Navjot Singh Sidhu who has termed it as an emotive matter among PunjabisRandhawa termed the meeting as a courtesy call saying he had not met Rahul Gandhi separately after his elevation as deputy chief ministerThe two leaders also discussed the prospects of the Congress after Amarinder Singh quit as chief minister and how much will his new outfit dent the Congress PTI SKC NSD
Chandigarh Oct 27 PTI Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said he will launch his new political party when the Election Commission clears the name and symbol and claimed that many people from the Congress are in touch with himI am forming a party But I cannot tell you the name right now When the Election Commission EC approves the name and symbol only then I can tell you Let us wait for the EC to approve he said during his first press conference after resigning as the chief minister last month He also said that he will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday to continue his efforts to resolve the issues of farmers who have been protesting against the Centres three new agriculture lawsSingh had resigned as the Punjab chief minister amid a bitter power tussle with Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh SidhuResponding to a question Singh claimed many people from the Congress are in touch with him and that they will come out in the open when the time comesObviously many people are with us We are waiting for the opportune moment But I will not take their names as my supporters are already being harassed he saidAsked how many MLAs are in touch with him the former CM said If Rahul Gandhi needs to have back-to-back meetings with Punjab Congress MLAs what does it mean On not resigning yet from the Congress he said I have spent 50 years in the Congress how does it matter if I stay for another 10 days Singh had last week said that he would soon launch his own party and that he was hopeful of a seat adjustment with the BJP provided the ongoing farmers stir was resolved in their interestHe also asserted that he had never spoken of aligning with the BJP and that all he wanted was seat sharingIn military parlance it means concentration of forces he said while stating that he had however not yet talked to the saffron party in this regardThe leader further said he had no intention of aligning with the Shiromani Akali Dal SAD but only with breakaway Akali groupsAsked about the reported refusal of SAD Sanyukt chief Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa to tie up with him he said If Dhindsa has to put up a real fight he will have to concentrate his forces tooTo defeat the Congress SAD and AAP we all have to work as a joint force he assertedMeanwhile Sidhu took another dig at Singh and called him the negative force stalling development in PunjabWe the 78 MLAs of Congress could never imagine what we received an arm-twisted ED controlled BJP loyal Chief Minister of Punjab capt-amarinder who sold the interests of Punjab to save his skin You were the negative force stalling justice development of Punjab Sidhu tweetedSingh however dismissed the tweet as trash and said the thought of seat sharing with the BJP came to his mind only after he was forced out of officeStates have to work with the Centre to function effectively he pointed outWe will fight and defeat Sidhu from wherever he contests the upcoming assembly polls he saidThe former CM also alleged that ever since Mr Sidhu came on the scene took over Punjab Congress reins our surveys show there has been a drop of about 25 per cent in the Congress popularity Rejecting the Congress claims of a majority of party MLAs hvaing opposed his continuation in office he said Once they party leadership had made up their mind to replace me all these excuses were made He added that the so-called 18-point agenda of the Congress for his government was nothing but part of the Punjab 2017 manifesto adding that the Kharge committee formed by the party to end factionalism was clearly told that 92 per cent of the poll promises had been fulfilledSingh also dismissed allegations against his Pakistani friend Aroosa AlamEven as he asked if Alam was the only issue left in Punjab he questioned the intention of Sukhjinder Randhawa in raising the issue now after never mentioning it all these yearsSingh asserted that Alam had been visiting him for 16 years and he would definitely invite her again Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa had recently said that a probe would be carried out to ascertain whether Alam a Pakistani journalist visiting Amarinder Singh for several years has links with Pakistans spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence ISIAmarinder Singh later shared with the media a booklet titled Facts vs Disinformation detailing achievements of his government from March 2017 till September 18 2021On the political issues he will prioritise in the elections the former CM said a manifesto committee will finalise the samePunjab goes to polls early next yearPTI CHS VSD SRY
Chandigarh : Former Punjab Chief Minster Amarinder Singh put up a spirited defence of his friend, Pakistani defence journalist Aroosa Alam, after state Home Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa’s threat of investigating her for links with the Pakistan intelligence agency ISI. Posting more than 10 photographs of the journalist with Indian dignitaries including Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, the late Union minister Sushma Swaraj, and Union minister Ashwani Kumar on Facebook, he commented, “I suppose they are all also contacts of the ISI”.
Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu was detained by the Uttar Pradesh police. He was accompanied by other ministers and MLAs on his way to Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district.
Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu was detained by the Uttar Pradesh police. He was accompanied by other ministers and MLAs on his way to Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district.
Uttar Pradesh government has blocked entry of political leaders to restive Lakhimpur Kheri where 8, including 4 farmers, were killed in violence on Sunday. The UP government on Monday morning deployed police force outside former CM and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav’s residence in Lucknow ahead of his scheduled visit to Lakhimpur Kheri. Yadav sat on a […]
Chandigarh Sep 30 PTI Just before his meeting with Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday attacked the states new DGP saying he wrongly indicted two Sikh youths in a desecration case and gave a clean chit to the Badals A tweet in this regard came as Sidhu reached Chandigarh from Patiala to meet Channi The desecration of a religious text allegedly took place in Punjabs Faridkot district in 2015 whose investigation was handed over by the then Parkash Singh Badal-led government to an SIT led by current DGP Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota Sahota was given the additional charge of the states DGP by the Charanjit Singh Channi-led government after which Sidhu quit as the state Congress chief and objected to his appointment Sidhu in a tweet on Thursday said Sahota was the head of the special investigation team SIT probing the desecration case under the Badal government and wrongly indicted two Sikh youths and gave a clean chit to Badals Sidhu further said in 2018 he along with current state Home Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa and the then Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar had met the victims assuring support in fight for Justice Earlier in the day Sidhu reached Chandigarh from Patiala to meet Channi Miffed Sidhu on Wednesday had raised a question over the appointments of the director general of police states advocate general and tainted leaders Sidhus meeting came a day after Channi reached out to him and offered to resolve issues through talks The Punjab unit of the Congress is in turmoil after Amarinder Singh was removed as the chief minister and its chief Sidhu resigned from his post ahead of the Assembly elections in the state early next year Speaking to reporters on Wednesday Channi had said I have spoken to Sidhu sahab over telephone today The party is supreme and the government accepts the partys ideology and follows that I told him that You come sit and talk If you Sidhu feel there is anything wrong you can point it out he had said When asked what was Sidhus response Channi had said the leader told him that he would sit and talk and would give him time for a meeting PTI CHS SUN VSD RDK RDK
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