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Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi Leaves Ruling Congress

Dec. 21 Crime, Politics Comments

(Chd,Pb)Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi Leaves Ruling Congress

Senior Congress leader and former Punjab Minister   Sodhi on Tuesday resigned from the party, saying he was “deeply hurt by the bickering and in-fighting” within its state unit. Sodhi, who is the MLA from Guruharsahai in Ferozepur district, was the sports minister in the state government led by Amarinder Singh, who quit as chief minister in September and left the Congress in November.
In his letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Sodhi said he was “deeply hurt by the bickering and in-fighting within the Punjab Congress”.
I feel suffocated and helpless in the present situation especially when the party has put state’s security and communal harmony at stake. Rather than taking action to restore peace in Punjab, senior Congress leadership is hell-bent on destroying the border state for their personal gains, he wrote.
Sodhi ,who Spent Four Decades in the Party ,was dropped as the minister after Charanjit Singh Channi took over as the chief minister.

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Capt Amarinder Orders to Gearup Action on 7-Pt Agenda

Mar. 07 Politics Comments

(Chd,Pb)Capt Amarinder Orders to Gearup Action on 7-Pt Agenda
The Punjab assembly polls are due for early next year.
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday directed all state departments to move aggressively for the realisation of the 7-point ‘Agenda 2022’
The agenda, aimed at ensuring total protection of people and their properties in an environment of peaceful co-existence conducive to saving the lives and livelihood of all Punjabis against all odds, is centred around citizen welfare through a holistic focus on overarching development of the state, an official statement said.
The overarching goal of the agenda is to ensure the development of a Kaamyab & Kushal Punjab.
The futuristic agenda is designed to meet the aspirations of the people of Punjab, Singh had announced in the Vidhan Sabha on Friday.

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Poster Issued Death Threat Against Pb CM:Case Registered

Jan. 02 Crime, Politics Comments

(Mohali,Pb)Poster Issued Death Threat Against Pb CM:Case Registered
A poster was pasted on a guide map near the Sector 66-67 crossing and 10 lakh dollars was offered for killing the chief minister,
An email ID was also found written on the poster.
Investigations are underway and footage of the CCTV cameras installed near the spot are also being scanned
Police have registered a case against an unidentified person here over a poster that issued a death threat against Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
File Photo

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Capt Added His Voice To Congress Band On Pakistan

Mar. 04 Defence, Unrest Strikes, World Comments

[Amritsar]Capt Added His Voice To Congress Band On Pakistan
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday warned that Pakistan would not hesitate to use its nuclear arsenal if it felt it was losing out against India in a conventional war.
Pointing out that both India and Pakistan were nuclear powers, Captain Amarinder said it was not in either country’s interest to use the weapons of destruction but Islamabad could indulge in such a misadventure if faced with defeat in other battles.
He, however, refused to comment on the number of terrorists killed in the strikes, saying, “whether it was one killed or 100, the message had gone out loud and clear – that India will not let the killing of its innocent soldiers and citizens go unpunished.”
Pointed out that Pakistan was in a huge economic mess and had been going around with a begging bowl and surviving on doles from other Islamic nations, Captain Amarinder said they could ill-afford a full-fledged war with India. And though both were nuke powered countries, Pakistan could act out of desperation to use its nuclear weapons if they found themselves cornered, he warned.

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Capt Express Pain Over Explosion at Indian Restaurant In Canada

May. 25 Crime, World Comments

[Chd,Pb] Capt Express Pain Over Explosion at Indian Restaurant In Canada
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has condemned the cowardly act of terrorism that left around 15 people injured in an explosion at an Indian restaurant in a Toronto suburb in Canada on Thursday night.
Expressing pain and shock over the incident, the Chief Minister said the dastardly attack on innocent people was totally unjustifiable and unpardonable, and underscored the gravity of the problem of terrorism.
The incident, which comes just a month after 10 pedestrians were mowed to death by a van driver in Toronto, had once again highlighted the global dimensions of terrorism, said the Chief Minister, adding that it showed that no nation was immune or safe from this menace.
Captain Amarinder Singh expressed concern over the fact that the blast was targeted at an Indian restaurant, which was frequented mainly by the large Indian community in the area.
The Chief Minister also appealed to the Indian government to take up the issue of terrorism with the Canadian government so that the two countries could work in close coordination in the war against terror.

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Capt Orders Crackdown on Tax Evader’s Illegal Mining

Feb. 05 Crime Comments

[Chd,Pb] Capt Orders Crackdown on Tax Evader’s Illegal Mining
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today ordered the setting up of special multi-department joint teams in all the districts of the state.
These teams, will be headed by the respective deputy commissioners,
The chief minister warned that no political interference would be tolerated in the matter and instructed officials to initiate the crackdown on priority, without delay.
The mines to be auctioned on February 19 include 48 sand mines (1.64 crore tonnes) and three gravel (0.2 crore tonnes), while the March 15 auctions will have 145 mines (2.7 crore tonnes) of sand and 18 mines (0.2 crore tonnes) of gravel being open to bidding.
Also, the department officials informed about as many as 34 of the mines auctioned so far, which they said was not yet operational.

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Akali’s Top Brass”Badal”Asks Pak to Refrain from Burning Punjabs,Into War

Sep. 26 Defence, Pakistan, Social Cause Comments

[Middukhera,Punjab]Akali’s Top Brass “Badal”Asks Pak to Refrain from Pushing India Into War
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today asked Pakistan to refrain from pushing India to war, He said in such an event East and West Punjab on either side of the international border will suffer the most.
“Punjab on both sides of the border will have to bear the brunt in case a war takes place between India and Pakistan,” he told media persons on the sidelines of a sangat darshan programme in the Lambi Assembly segment.
The Pakistani government must understand and should try to defuse tensions at the earliest, Badal said.Replying to a query related to the Indus Waters Treaty, he said the Indian government was “competent and wise enough” to take an appropriate call on the issue.
Badal said India’s “mature and visionary leadership
is capable of taking decisions to safeguard the interests and the unity and integrity of the country”.
Asked about the emergence of new political fronts ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections, he said, “The new platforms will have no affect on the state polity.”
Badal also rubbished Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh’s remark that there was a possibility of rigging electronic voting machines during the elections next year.
EVMs are handled and managed by the Election Commission of India and there is not even the remotest possibility of tempering with them, he said.

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Capt Amarinder Also Assures Completely Free Power To Punjabi Farmers

Aug. 13 Social Cause, Unrest Strikes Comments

[Jalandhar,Punjab] Cong Capt Amarinder Also Assures Free Power To Punjabi Farmers
PCC president Amarinder Singh today said if Congress comes to power, farmers will get free electricity.
He said if Congress is voted to power he will not only provide free power to farmers, but also ensure its regular supply.
Besides, Singh added, there will be no hidden charges as imposed on farmers by the Badal government.
He said the farmers were being made to pay huge amount of money for superfluous reasons that virtually negated the idea of free power. “I have promised that free power means completely free power without any hidden charges that you (Badal) are imposing,” he said.
Singh also challenged Badal to swear before Akal Takht that he had not signed and approved the construction of Satluj-Yamuna Link canal to “please” his friend and the then Haryana Chief Minister Devi Lal in 1978.
Referring to Badal’s charge that he was part of the design to construct the SYL, Singh said, “why have you kept quiet over Devi Lal’s statement in Haryana Vidhan Sabha that I made public where he has completely exposed your complicity”

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Capt Amarinder To Contest For Pb Assembly With jumbo Committee Of 200

May. 14 Glamour, Politics Comments

[New Delhi]Capt Amarinder To Contest For Pb Assembly With jumbo Committee Of 200
Cong Announces jumbo Committee Of 200 for poll-bound Punjab
The AICC today announced a jumbo Pradesh Congress Committee for poll-bound Punjab consisting of
36 vice presidents,
96 general secretaries and a
68-member executive committee.
The committee is seen as an all-please exercise given the fact that the assembly elections is less than a year away amid a stiff challenge from AAP on the one side and ruling Akali-BJP combine on the other.
The committee was announced by AICC general secretary Shakeel Ahmad after Congress president Sonia Gandhi approved it. The announcement was delayed as PCC chief Amarinder Singh had gone abroad and has just returned.
Former CLP leader Sunil Jakhar has been made the chief spokesperson as also the party’s vice president.
Manpreet Badal, the estranged nephew of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who merged his party PPP with Congress when he joined a few months ago, has also been made the vice president.
Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans, also a Dalit, who had joined Congress after quitting the Akali Dal and was being considered for a Rajya Sabha berth, has also been made the vice president,
The middle-rung party leadership has been accommodated among the general secretaries and the younger ones in the executive committee.
A list of 26 DCC presidents has also been announced, while Kamaljit Singh Dhillon has been made the treasurer.
Amarinder has already been made the PCC chief replacing Pratap Singh Bajwa and has also been declared the face of the party in the polls.
Congress is out of power in the crucial border state for the last 10 years and is striving to come back to power.

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