Amarinder Singh | File Photo | Photo Credit: PTI A day after Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit called the menace of illegal drugs a major concern for the state, former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said he had flagged from time to time the issue of delivery of weapons and drugs from Pakistan via drones … Read more
Amarinder Singh on Monday held the Gandhis totally responsible for the rout of the Congress in the assembly polls, claiming that the party was “comfortably placed” in Punjab before he was unseated as chief minister. In a statement a day after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) took stock of the drubbing received by the party … Read more
A farmhouse in Mohali’s Siswan, ancestral Moti Bagh Palace in Patiala, diamond and gold jewellery are among the total assets worth Rs 68.73 crore declared by former Punjab chief Minister Amarinder Singh during the filing of his papers for the Assembly polls here. Singh was accompanied by BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat during the submission … Read more
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday called for President’s rule in the state after a breach was reported in Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s security. Amarinder said Channi government had utterly failed in ensuring law and order in the state. Modi on Wednesday returned without addressing a rally in the poll-bound state after his … Read more
A bitter tussle between Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu in the state unit of the ruling Congress led to dramatic results in 2021, a year that also saw the jubilant return of Punjabi farmers after months of protest at Delhi’s borders against the Centre’s agri laws. Congress veteran Amarinder Singh was ousted as chief … Read more
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Monday said his party, the BJP and the SAD (Sanyukt) have come together in the interest of national security and progress of the state, and claimed that the coalition will win next year’s Assembly polls. Amarinder Singh had quit the Congress after his unceremonious exit as the CM and … Read more
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday said SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia has been booked in a drug case as there is enough evidence against him and an STF report points to it. The CM also vowed to catch the “big fish” involved in the drug racket and slammed his predecessor Amarinder Singh, … Read more
The Supreme Court Monday said a plea filed against the decision of the Punjab government to appoint poll strategist Prashant Kishor as an advisor to former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in the rank of a Cabinet Minister “does not survive for consideration” as the poll expert has resigned from the post. “The expert has himself … Read more
The Congress Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to its Patiala MP Preneet Kaur, the wife of former chief minister Amarinder Singh, seeking an explanation for her “anti-party activities”. Kaur has been asked to explain her stand within seven days. Issuing the notice to Kaur, Congress leader Harish Choudhary, the in-charge of party’s Punjab affairs, wrote, … Read more
Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday once again trained his guns on former state chief minister Amarinder Singh, calling him a “fraud”, “coward” and a “crybaby”. Sidhu also dubbed the former CM as a “spent cartridge” and a “dying duck in a thurderstrom, a lost cause”, a day after the veteran leader resigned … Read more