The suspense over the resolution of issues raised by Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu continued Thursday evening after a two-hour meeting between him andPunjabCM Charanjit Singh Channi.
There was no immediate briefing after the meeting held at thePunjabBhavan here, two days after Sidhu resigned as thePunjabCongress chief following differences over the appointment of "tainted" officials and ministers. (PTI)
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Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu and Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi. Credit: PTI File Photo
Just before his meeting with Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday attacked the state's new DGP, saying he wrongly indicted two Sikh youths in a desecration case and gave a clean chit to the Badals.
If the party loses the majority, then the Assembly Speaker has to take the decision: Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on the question of floor test in Punjab Assembly (ANI)
A day after senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal raised questions over the functioning of the party and formerPunjabchief minister Amarinder Singh's meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said the party leaders must not go public with the internal matters as it hurts the ground-level workers.
Asserting that the Congress gives enough freedom to its leaders to express their views, he said internal matters should not be discussed publicly for the sake of "discipline" and that they should be raised on a proper platform only. (PTI)
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said if his party is voted to power in Punjab in next year's polls, it will give free and better treatment in all government hospitals in the state.
"Today, I have come to give a guarantee related to health services," Kejriwal, who is on a two-day visit to Punjab, said at a news conference here. - PTI.
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday in a shocking claim on Thursday said that he would be leaving Congress.
Senior Congress leaderAnandSharma on Thursday expressed disgust over party workers' protest outside Kapil Sibal's house after he raised questions over the functioning of the Congress and asked AICC chief Sonia Gandhi to take strong action against those involved.
The fallout of Navjot Singh Sidhu's shenanigans in Punjab has hit the Congress Party's next-generation leaders - Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi. While criticism by the media and Opposition politicians was predictable, rumblings within the party itself should be a cause for worry.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday asked the state police chief yet again to curtail his security cover. Channi asked the Police department to keep only the bare minimum number of security personnel with him, according to an official statement. - PTI.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi saying that he was busy in sinking the Congress, and added that he disturbed his own party's government in Punjab.
Soon after former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh met Home Minister Amit Shah, the Congress hit out at the BJP leader, alleging his residence has become the "new centre of anti-Dalit politics".
Two days after his shock resignation, former Punjab PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu will be meeting CM Channi on Thursday at 3 pm in what is seen as a move to placate the miffed leader.
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