CHANDIGARH: In a clear display of strength, Punjab From. m Amarinder Singh Met 55 Congress MLAs and eight MPs over dinner at a cabinet colleague’s house in Chandigarh on Thursday.
Earlier in the day, three out of four ministers who wanted the CM to be changed for not fulfilling some of the party’s election promises did not attend the council of ministers meeting.
The chief minister’s meeting with party legislators came amid a tussle between the camps of the chief minister and state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, who once again reminded Amarinder Singh of his promise to reduce power tariffs.
“The Congress party stands by its resolve to give domestic electricity Rs 3 per unit and industrial electricity Rs 5 per unit by canceling the PPA as well as giving subsidy of more than Rs 10,000 crore to farmers and SC, BC, BPL families. This promise must also be fulfilled,” Sidhu said in a tweet tagging a video of the CM.
According to sources, the Punjab Chief Minister met around 55 party MLAs and eight MPs at the official residence of Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi.
Sources said that earlier in the day, cabinet ministers Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa did not attend a virtual meeting of the state council of ministers chaired by Amarinder Singh.
However, Minister Charanjit Singh Channi attended the meeting.
Besides Bajwa, Randhawa, Sarkaria, Channi and three MLAs Kulbir Singh Zira, Surjit Dhiman and Barindermeet Singh Pahra had gone to Dehradun to meet party general secretary Harish. Treatment on Wednesday.
Rawat, in-charge of Punjab affairs at AICC, said the following year.S Punjab Assembly The elections will be fought under the leadership of Amarinder Singh, taunting leaders willing to remove the CM.
Rawat had also said that there was no threat to the Amarinder Singh-led government in Punjab and the party’s chances of victory in the upcoming assembly elections.
The Congress has 80 MLAs and eight MPs in the state.
Earlier in the day, three out of four ministers who wanted the CM to be changed for not fulfilling some of the party’s election promises did not attend the council of ministers meeting.
The chief minister’s meeting with party legislators came amid a tussle between the camps of the chief minister and state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, who once again reminded Amarinder Singh of his promise to reduce power tariffs.
“The Congress party stands by its resolve to give domestic electricity Rs 3 per unit and industrial electricity Rs 5 per unit by canceling the PPA as well as giving subsidy of more than Rs 10,000 crore to farmers and SC, BC, BPL families. This promise must also be fulfilled,” Sidhu said in a tweet tagging a video of the CM.
According to sources, the Punjab Chief Minister met around 55 party MLAs and eight MPs at the official residence of Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi.
Sources said that earlier in the day, cabinet ministers Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa did not attend a virtual meeting of the state council of ministers chaired by Amarinder Singh.
However, Minister Charanjit Singh Channi attended the meeting.
Besides Bajwa, Randhawa, Sarkaria, Channi and three MLAs Kulbir Singh Zira, Surjit Dhiman and Barindermeet Singh Pahra had gone to Dehradun to meet party general secretary Harish. Treatment on Wednesday.
Rawat, in-charge of Punjab affairs at AICC, said the following year.S Punjab Assembly The elections will be fought under the leadership of Amarinder Singh, taunting leaders willing to remove the CM.
Rawat had also said that there was no threat to the Amarinder Singh-led government in Punjab and the party’s chances of victory in the upcoming assembly elections.
The Congress has 80 MLAs and eight MPs in the state.
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