The CM on Sunday had said that there was a need to remain extra vigilant at all borders of the country, saying Afghanistan’s ”fall” to the Taliban ”does not augur well” for India.
A close aide of Sidhu, Singh has been a vocal critic of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and the functioning of the state government.
The directions, issued after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh held a Covid review meeting here, also said there will be strict monitoring of people coming from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu.
According to party sources, the chief minister “complained” to Sonia Gandhi that Sidhu’s criticism of his government was not good for its smooth functioning and throws a bad impression in the public domain.
Chaduni, who has not joined the new party, was present on the stage when the announcement was made that he would be the CM face for the party.
According to reports, Middukhera had come to meet his friend in an SUV near a property consultant’s office at a market in Mataur. He was taken to hospital in a PCR van from the spot where succumbed to his injuries.
Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi made the announcement after India beat Germany 5-4 in the bronze play-off.
The political strategist was appointed as Principal Advisor to Punjab CM on March 1 with a token honorarium of Re 1 per month.
Singh had filed two petitions seeking regular bail in the FIR registered in February 2017 with sedition and other charges against him and another case registered on May 24, 2021 by the Haryana Police in Jind district.
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Raj Kumar Verka and Rana KP are two probables whose names are circulating in Congress circles. Verka is a Dalit leader said to be close to Sidhu and Rana is the Assembly Speaker, besides being an OBC leader.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday night appointed the cricketer-turned-politician as the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief.
Sangat Singh Gilzian, Sukhvinder Singh Danny, Pawan Goel, and Kuljit Singh Nagra have been appointed Working Presidents.
Sources say the chief minister wrote back to Congress president Sonia Gandhi that party will split if Navjot Sidhu is given charge of the Punjab Congress.
Tewari in an early morning tweet on Friday said, “Demographics of Punjab — Sikhs: 57.75%, Hindus: 38.49%, Dalits: 31:94% (Sikh&Hindus), Punjab is both progressive & Secular…”
After the meeting which lasted an hour, Amarinder Singh said: “Whatever we discuss in such meeting with the Congress President is confidential. We can’t say it in public and it is not for public consumption.”
Gaurav Patiyal was in the process of being deported from Armenia, while Ramanjit Romi, a handler of gangsters, was being brought back from Hong Kong.
The announcement was made by AAP’s national convenor and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who visited Chandigarh on Monday.
”Punjab wants change. The only hope is the Aam Aadmi Party. See you tomorrow at Amritsar,” Kejriwal tweeted.
BSP MP Satish Mishra also called the alliance a “historic move” in Punjab politics.” He also recalled the election in 1996 when both BSP and SAD jointly fought Lok Sabha polls and ’emerged victorious’ on 11 of 13 seats.
The alliance comes 27 years after the 1996 Lok Sabha elections when both had bagged 11 out of 13 seats in Punjab.
According to the sources, the panel is likely to submit the report to the party chief Sonia Gandhi after the meeting.
Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Punjab co-incharge Raghav Chadha alleged that the Congress could neither ensure any future for Punjab nor it has any future in the state.
On Monday, Congress state chief Sunil Jakhar met the committee constituted by party president Sonia Gandhi and comprising of Mallikarjun Kharge, J.P. Aggarwal and General Secretary in charge of the state Harish Rawat.
Sidhu has been attacking the Chief Minister, saying that he is waiting as the high command has intervened. Sidhu dared the chief minister to prove his allegations.