Chandigarh, July 3 (IANS) Supporters, comprising several former legislators, of former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, one of the state’s prominent Dalit faces, on Friday expressed solidarity and demanded that their leader be appointed the state Congress chief, replacing incumbent Amarinder Singh Raja Warring. They gave a week’s ultimatum to the party’s central leadership to take a call on Channi’s leadership, saying that under Warring’s leadership the Congress cannot come to power…
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New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Amid dissent and infighting among Congressmen after the revamp of Punjab’s organisation ahead of Assembly elections, party MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Friday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah here. However, he clarified on X that the meeting was pre-scheduled in connection with his representation on the deteriorating law and order in the state.“About two months ago, on June 4, 2026, I wrote to the Prime Minister and sent a copy to the Home Minister, raising…
Chandigarh, July 2 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu on Thursday said that the Congress has distributed “lollipops” to everyone in the party instead of building a serious and effective organisation in Punjab. Reacting to the revamping of the party’s organisation, he said that never before has the Congress released such a jumbo-sized organisational list. “It is surprising that even senior leaders who are members of the AICC and the Congress Working Committee …
Chandigarh, July 1 (IANS) Ahead of the Assembly elections in Punjab slated likely in early 2027, the Congress on Wednesday clarified that there would be no change of state party leadership and reposed faith in the party’s senior leadership. The party high command retained young and energetic Member of Parliament (MP), Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, as the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President.A party statement said Partap Singh Bajwa would continue as Leader of Opposition.Former Chief Minist…
Chandigarh, June 27 (IANS) With Bhagwant Mann government notifying the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) scheme and bringing Centre’s rural employment law into force in Punjab from July 1, the state Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Saturday raised pointed questions at government’s ‘intent’, insinuating at some “deal” with the BJP-led Centre. He asked under what “deal and compromise” with the BJP, it chose to impleme…
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Friday condemned the abusive and insulting remarks made by Chandigarh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Jatinder Pal Malhotra against the people of Punjab at a public meeting. At an event in Chandigarh, Malhotra had described Punjabis as “emotional bloody fools”. Apologising for the remarks, the Chandigarh BJP Chief said “if any of his remarks have hurt anyone or offended anyone’s sentiments, he sincerely a…
Chandigarh, June 11 (IANS) The Congress President on Thursday appointed AICC observers to assess the current political scenario in Punjab and submit a report. They are Ajay Maken, Meenakshi Natarajan and Bhajan Lal Jatav. Meanwhile, state Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said the party will fight the ensuing elections in the state under the leadership of party president Mallikarjun Kharge and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.Replying to a question from the media …
Chandigarh, May 30 (IANS) RTI activist and lawyer Simranjit Singh, who had been filing complaints against high-profile people, was shot dead in a second attempt on his life by two motorcycle-borne men at point-blank range on Saturday in Punjab’s Phagwara city, police said. The assailants opened fire at him near the Jalandhar-Ludhiana highway. Simranjit Singh was hit by multiple bullets.Simranjit Singh, who had earlier narrowly escaped an attempt to kill him in Jalandhar city, had been filing p…
Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday condemned the repeated hike in the prices of petrol and diesel, saying the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government was stealing money and picking the pockets of the common man, even when crude oil prices had fallen in the international market and oil companies were making huge profits. Referring to the hike in fuel prices, Warring said fuel prices had been increased by about Rs 7.5 per litre in recent days…
Chandigarh, May 21 (IANS) In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led state government, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday refused to stay the single Bench order directing Punjab to release 58 per cent dearness allowance (DA) of government employees and pensioners on a par with senior government officers. During the hearing, the division bench made it clear that it was not inclined to put a hold on the earlier court judgment.However, it said that it could consider extending the June…