Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Thursday made it clear that he was not joining BJP but said he had no intention of continuing in the Congress, which he said was going downhill with senior leaders
The move is expected to place a financial burden of Rs 1,200 crore on the state exchequer
'Whoever is party president is head of the family. I had called him (Sidhu) and told him that the party is supreme,' Channi told media
Charanjit Singh Channi said the oath-taking ceremony for the new ministers will take place at 4:30 pm on Sunday
Punjab's new Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi held talks with Congress leaders in the national capital on Tuesday about cabinet formation
Chief Minister and Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi, the first Dalit who is at the helm in Punjab now, on Monday said his government is of Aam Aadmi (the common man)
Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday took charge as Punjab's first Dalit chief minister, promising free water supply to smaller homes, a reduction in power tariff and a transparent government
The BJP alleged on Monday that the Congress has made Charanjit Singh Channi Punjab chief minister for a few months merely to grab Dalit votes as part of its conspiracy
Over the next six months, Channi has to prove not just that he has the support of Punjab's scheduled castes but also of the state's caste aristocracy
Channi, 49, becomes chief minister with less than six month to go before the assembly polls in Punjab
Governance in Punjab has been the biggest casualty in the Congress party's 'Game of Thrones', the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said on Saturday
Amarinder Singh said he has been humiliated not once, or twice but thrice, which turned out to be a breaking point for him and the team led by Rahul Gandhi
Amarinder Singh was the leader who put the party back in the saddle in Punjab after an intensely fought poll battle that decimated the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
Former Punjab President Sunil Jakhar is frontrunner for the post of Chief Minister, sources said as party wants to project non Sikh face ahead of polls to counter AAP
Sources said the decision was taken at a meeting of legislators close to him at his official residence in Chandigarh a little after 2 pm on Saturday
Over 50 Congress legislators from Punjab have written to party president Sonia Gandhi seeking that Amarinder Singh be replaced as chief minister, highly placed party sources said on Saturday
The Punjab government has waived loans worth Rs 41.48 crore of 10,151 Scheduled Caste youths after they found it difficult to repay the money due to various reasons
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered extension of the existing Covid-19 restrictions till September 30, in view of the upcoming festival season
The state government employees failing to take even the first dose of Covid vaccine for any reason other than medical will be compulsorily sent on leave after September 15.
Two more Covid-related fatalities were recorded on Friday in Punjab that took the death toll to 16,437, while 32 new cases pushed the infection tally to 6,00,745, according to a medical bulletin.