Sidhu who broke his silence Wednesday after resigning as Punjab Congress chief questioned the appointments of the state's DGP, advocate general and tainted leaders.
CM Channi has 2 key tasks — ending illegal mining & reducing power charges for consumers. His deputy, Randhawa, was vocal against Amarinder for failure on sacrilege cases. Now he is in charge of home.
CM Channi will hold key departments including power, excise, mining and geology, environment & civil aviation. Senior cabinet minister Manpreet Singh Badal got the finance portfolio.
Channi's cabinet has seven new faces, while five ministers from Amarinder Singh's cabinet have been removed and eight retained. Inclusion of graft-accused has triggered protests.
Sidhu’s constant company for Channi comes amid allegations from Captain Amarinder Singh that the former's shadow will loom large over new CM’s functioning.
Anirudh Tewari, who is currently additional chief secretary and financial commissioner, development, is a 1990-batch IAS officer. He will continue to hold the departments he is heading.
Speaking to the media Wednesday, Channi said that every religion will be respected in Punjab. He was accompanied by his two deputies and PCC chief Navjot Sidhu to Golden Temple.
Prashnam survey asked Punjab voters who among Charanjit Channi, Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu should be the Congress' CM face in the upcoming assembly election.
Charanjit Singh Channi is a Ramdasia, whose elevation as Punjab CM has propelled the issues and political identity of Dalit Sikhs to the centre stage of the state's politics.
A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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