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PunjaB POlitiCs

Can new chief minister help

Congress maintain power with his

common man image?

Amarinder Singh says if Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu is elevated to

the post of Chief Minister, he would fight tooth and nail

Our Bureau mon man like them,” he said,

Chandigarh/New Delhi according to an official release.
unjab Chief Minister Channi also said that he is
Charanjit Singh Channi not a ViP and is “a nor-
Pon Thursday met Con-
gress leader Rahul Gandhi over mal Punjabi” and anyone
the selection of ministers for the can call him anytime on
new cabinet.
The meeting was held at Ra- his phone as he is avail-
hul Gandhi’s residence in the able for serving the peo-
national capital. The meeting
was held for at least 5 hours and ple round the clock.
got over at 2 am on Friday. Pun-
jab Congress in-charge Harish The Chief Minister said that
Rawat and party national gen- overruling the rationale given
eral secretary KC Venugopal by intelligence agencies regard-
were present at the meeting. ing the threat to his life, he has
Punjab CM along with Pun- asked the police to reduce his
jab president Navjot Singh Sid- security.
hu had met senior Congress Later, Channi along with
leader Ambika Soni and KC his deputies Sukhjinder Singh
Venugopal on September 20. Randhawa and OP Saini on
Channi was sworn in as Chief Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi with State Congress Pres- Wednesday visited the Golden
Minister of Punjab on Monday. ident Navjot Singh Sidhu carry Palki Sahib to pay obeisance at Golden Temple in Punjab’s Amritsar to
The three-time MLA from Rup- Temple, in Amritsar on Tuesday (AN) pay obeisance at Sri Darbar Sa-
nagar’s Chamkaur Sahib is the hib. Punjab Pradesh Congress
state’s first Dalit Chief Minister. These developments came sonnel to protect me from my Committee (PPCC) Chief Nav-
On Sunday, after several rounds months before the 2022 Punjab own brethren,” Channi said. jot Singh Sidhu was also present
of parleys, Channi was selected Assembly elections. The Chief Minister, during there.
for the post by the party high Earlier, Channi on Thursday his address at IK Gujral Punjab Ahead of Assembly polls,
command, following Captain announced curtailment in his Technical University, said that former Punjab Chief Minister
Amarinder Singh’s resignation. security cover. Asserting that he he was surprised to learn after Captain Amarinder Singh on
Amarinder Singh on Satur- is a common man and brother of assuming charge of his office Wednesday said that if Punjab
day submitted his resignation every Punjabi, the Punjab Chief that he has 000 security person- Congress chief Navjot Singh
to state Governor Banwarilal Minister said that he has set the nel to guard him. Sidhu is elevated to the post of
Purohit, following months of in- wheels in motion to end the VIP Stating that it is a sheer wast- Chief Minister, he would fight
fighting between him and Pun- culture in government function- age of government resources, tooth and nail. “I will fight the
jab Pradesh Congress Commit- ing for the benefit of people. “I he said this cannot be allowed. elevation of Sidhu to Punjab
tee (PPCC) chief Navjot Singh am one of you and I don’t need “What harm my own Punjabis chief ministership tooth and
Sidhu. an army of 1,000 security per- will do to me as I too am a com- Continued on next page... >>

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