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  • 24-year-old Swimming Champion Does UT Proud: Chahat Arora breaks breaststroke nationwide report twice in a day

    On a record-breaking day, 24-year-old Chandigarh swimmer Chahat Arora broke the ladies’s 100m breaststroke nationwide report twice, first in heats after which within the ultimate, to say the gold medal within the seventy fifth Senior National Swimming Championship in Guwahati on Saturday. Arora, who first broke the sooner nationwide report of 1 minute and 14.87 seconds of Saloni Dalal set in Thiruvananthapuram in 2018 with a timing of 1 minute and 14.38 seconds within the 100m breaststroke heats on Sunday, gained the gold medal by bettering her new nationwide report with a timing of 1 minute and 13.61 seconds on Sunday night. Earlier, Arora additionally gained the silver medal in ladies’s 200m breaststroke and Saturday’s medal meant that she has now gained three medals within the nationals.

    “It’s a special moment for me to break the national record in women’s 100m breaststroke event twice in a day. My earlier best timing was one minute and 14.42 seconds and to improve it first in the heats and then in the final again to make a new national record made it special. Conditions were a bit humid as the weather was a bit rough here but to make the national record will motivate me a lot,” stated Arora whereas talking with The Indian Express from Guwahati.

    Arora first hogged the limelight when she grew to become the nationwide champion within the 50m breaststroke occasion within the Senior Nationals in 2016 earlier than she gained a bronze within the 100m breaststroke occasion in South Asian Games in Guwahati the identical yr. Arora, who was a part of the bronze medal profitable 4X100 medley relay Indian staff in Asian Age Group Swimming Championships in Tashkent in 2017, additionally gained the silver medal within the 2019 version of the match. The identical yr, Arora gained the 50m breaststroke champion in South Asian Games in Kathmandu, Nepal, with a brand new nationwide report. Earlier this week, Arora had created a brand new nationwide report within the ladies’s 50m breaststroke occasion at Guwahati with a report timing of 32.94 seconds in heats earlier than she gained the gold medal within the occasion with a timing of 33.22 within the ultimate to say the gold medal. The nationwide report in 50m breaststroke occasion meant that Arora grew to become the primary Indian girl to enter the 32 seconds bracket within the occasion.

    “The opening day national record in the 50m breaststroke heats meant that whatever I was targeting in these nationals was on point and to win the gold on the opening day made me believe that I am on the right track. The last one year has seen me training under my coach Sandeep Sejwal and my next target would be the upcoming National Games,” stated Arora.

  • Khelo India Games: ‘My mother supported my dream, she must be watching from heaven,’ says Ankit

    Chandigarh’s Ankit had virtually give up boxing after his mom, Rekha, died resulting from a coronary heart assault. He needed to transfer to reside together with his maternal grandfather in Mohali; Ankit had misplaced his father a few years in the past. On Monday, the 18-year-old grew to become the Khelo India Games champion within the 54 kg boxing ultimate after successful in opposition to
    Maharashtra’s Victor Singh, and he regarded as much as the sky to cherish the second together with his mother and father.

    “I had lost my father years ago and last year I lost my mother too. After the death of my father, my mother supported my dream of becoming a boxer. It was tragic that she could not see me winning the Khelo India Youth Games gold and I knew that they must be watching me from heaven. There was a time last year when I wanted to quit the sport and did not feel the desire to fight again but coach Bhuwan Singh Bisht motivated me to continue boxing,” mentioned Ankit whereas talking with The Indian Express.

    Ankit began boxing in 2013 and have become the nationwide sub-junior champion within the 40kg when he received the nationals in Hyderabad.

    The teen has received 13 Chandigarh state championship titles in numerous age classes thus far and had reached the quarter-finals within the 48kg class within the junior nationals in 2018.

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    Next 12 months, he reached the quarter-finals earlier than he misplaced once more.

    At Khelo India, Ankit first defeated Anand Yadav of Madhya Pradesh earlier than successful the ultimate.

    Both Ankit and Victor had received medals for the Indian junior group not too long ago and coach Bhuwan Singh Bisht sees this title win as the most important motivation Ankit.

    “The biggest strength of Ankit has been his willpower since the day he started training under me. He idolised his mother and when he lost her last year, it was devastating for him. He wanted to quit the sport and we had to spend many days with him to ensure that he returns to boxing. He boxes aggressively and that’s what he showed at the Khelo India Youth Games with wins over boxers who have been part of Indian junior teams. I am sure he will make his way into the Indian youth team soon and win an international medal,” mentioned Bisht.

    Another Chandigarh teen Achal Veer, whose father Satpal Singh works as a library assistant, received gold within the boys’ 57kg ultimate with a win over Anjani Kumar of Andhra Pradesh. Veer, nephew of former Indian worldwide boxer Jai Bhagwan, began boxing below coach Jagdish Singh at Bhiwani earlier than shifting base to Chandigarh in 2018.

    “The reason I started boxing was due to my uncle Jai Bhagwan. When I shifted to Chandigarh, it meant that I had to stay away from my family. To win the gold medal for Chandigarh is a special feeling,” Veer mentioned.

    Chandigarh boys bagged the third spot with 4 medals within the general boys boxing championship below coach Bhagwant Singh.

    “Four of our boxers reached the final and two won gold. The boxers trained through online practice sessions when the sports complexes were closed due to Covid-19 restrictions earlier. These medals will act as a huge motivating force for them,” mentioned Bhagwant.

  • Khelo India Youth Games: Haryana leads medals tally, Maharashtra at second spot

    Hosts Haryana added 4 extra gold medals to their kitty on Monday in the course of the Fourth version of Khelo India Youth Games to guide the medal tally, with a complete of 16 golds, eight silvers and 16 bronzes, with Maharashtra taking the second spot.

    On Monday, the Haryana males’s kabaddi staff additionally marched into the ultimate with a 54-23 win over Maharashtra at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex. In the second semi-final match of the identical occasion, Himachal Pradesh scored a 39-22 win over Uttar Pradesh to arrange the ultimate conflict towards Haryana.

    Maharashtra, which had received 9 gold medals on Sunday, received 4 gold medals on Monday. In comparability, Haryana received 4 gold medals in wrestling alone on Monday with two gold medals in weightlifting and one gold medal every in taking pictures, yoga, biking and Gatka.

    In the Gatka single soti staff occasion, Haryana claimed ended on high of the record. In the farri soti staff occasion, Punjab claimed the gold medal. In the Thang-Ta Phunaba Anishuba occasion, Radhika of Delhi received the gold medal within the ladies’ class. In the 52kg class of the identical occasion, Konjengbam Chanu of Manipur claimed the gold.

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    In weightlifting, T Madhavan of Tamil Nadu received the gold medal within the boys 61kilos occasion whereas Bhawna of Haryana received the gold medal within the ladies 59 kilo occasion. In the boys freestyle wrestling, Ravinder of Haryana claimed the gold medal within the 60 Kg class whereas Narender of Haryana grabbed the title within the 71kg class. In the boys Greco Roman 55kg occasion, Suraj of Haryana claimed the gold. In yogasana inventive group occasion, Haryana received the staff gold medal, with Maharashtra successful the staff gold within the ladies class.

     

  • ‘Whichever era or format, key is to be consistent and be better player’: Former Indian cricket Syed Kirmani

    Dressed up in a Pathani swimsuit and a waist coat, 72-year-old former Indian cricketer Syed Kirmani appeared dashing as he attended a operate in Chandigarh on Friday. The former Indian wicket-keeper, who performed in 88 Test matches and 49 One Day International (ODI) matches for India, remained India’s premier wicket-keeper within the late 1970’s and 80’s earlier than he retired in 1986 with 2759 runs and 198 dismissals in Test matches and 373 runs and 36 dismissals in ODIs.

    Kirmani, who was the member of the 1983 World Cup successful Indian staff, led by Kapil Dev, talked to Nitin Sharma about his taking part in days, reminiscences of the historic 126-run ninth wicket partnership with Kapil Dev towards Zimbabwe in 1983 Cricket World Cup, his recommendation for kids aspiring to be wicket-keeper and his views of the present lot of Indian wicket-keepers. Excerpts:

    What adjustments have are available cricket since your time?

    Well, each period involves an finish and it occurred with the West Indies cricket staff, adopted by the rise of the Indian staff within the 1980’s — together with the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Then we noticed the dominance of the
    Australian staff and gamers like Ricky Ponting confirmed their mettle.

    Then got here cricketers like MS Dhoni, who turned maybe the very best wicket-keeper batsman and captain for India. Whichever period or format comes, the important thing for any cricketer is to point out consistency and to be a greater participant.

    Thoughts on the historic partnership with Kapil Dev towards Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells in 1983 World Cup?

    It was a historic match for each of us. We have to win the match to qualify for the knockout stage and the Indian staff had been 17 for five at one stage. When I joined Kapil, the rating board learn 140 for 8. As the lately launched film 83 reveals, my first phrases to my captain, Kapil Dev, had been “Aise nahi marne ka. Maar ke marne ka agar marna hai toh.”

    We constructed a beautiful partnership and it was essentially the most devastating knock of Kapil that i’ve ever seen. Such knocks occur as soon as in a century or perhaps a lifetime. My goal was to feed the strike to Kapil and the remaining is historical past. We gained the World Cup, but when that knock by Kapil or the partnership didn’t occur, we’d have returned residence.

    What are your views on the present lot of Indian wicketkeepers?

    In our occasions, there was solely specialist wicketkeepers. But all of that modified when the likes of Farokh Engineer, beneath whom I hung out as an understudy for greater than 5 years, got here alongside. One instantly understood the must be a very good batsman in addition to a very good keeper, for allround talents. Apart from batting, I’d additionally spend a variety of time bowling within the nets (laughs). I keep in mind bowling offspin to Geoffrey Boycott and he telling me that I is usually a good offspinner too. In the present crop of wicketkeepers, the likes of Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan are extraordinarily gifted and it’s good to see a lot of competitors for the wicketkeeper’s slot. They can take the sport away from the Opposition at any second and that makes them particular.

    What do kids have to do grow to be a profitable wicketkeeper?

    Well, my recommendation to kids is to observe and spend time on the fundamentals of wicketkeeping first. I do not forget that I wore a batting glove as my thigh pad in my debut Test collection towards New Zealand in 1976. We would additionally tie hand towels for cover. But the principle focus was to be a greater choose of the swinging and the spinning balls. Keeping wickets towards the likes of the well-known spin quartet of Erapalli Prasanna, S Venkataraghavan, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar and Bishen

    Singh Bedi was the hardest check for me.

    Against pacers, one stands at a distance and has time to evaluate the motion or velocity of the ball. Among the 4 spinners, Bedi was particular in his personal method nevertheless it was all the time Chandrasekhar, who made my job essentially the most tough. The ball would come above my knee and until my shoulder and I used to have bruises throughout my physique whereas making the legside collections. That’s what made me sturdy technically.

    What should you needed to preserve towards the likes of IPL sensation speedster Umran Malik?

    Well, nothing disrespectful to Umran, however I’ve seen bowlers who bowled in extra of 160 kmph. There had been bowlers like Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner, Dennis Lille and Len Pascoe and lots extra whom I noticed bowling. And we learnt so much watching them bowl or how the ball behaved once they bowled. The pitches had been too quick throughout these occasions.

  • 20-year-old Ganemat Sekhon wins silver in ISSF Junior World Championship in Peru

    Competing in what was her final junior worldwide occasion, Punjab shooter 20-year-old Ganemat Sekhon on Thursday gained the silver medal within the ladies’s skeet class within the ISSF Junior World Championships being held at Lima, Peru. Sekhon, a pupil of SD College Sector 32, who in 2018 grew to become the primary ever Indian ladies skeet shooter to win a medal in a junior ISSF World Cup, gained the bronze medal within the ISSF World Cup in Delhi earlier in March this 12 months, the primary Indian senior skeet shooter to realize the feat. She misplaced out to USA’s Alishia Layne 2-0 in a shoot-off for the gold medal after they had been each tied with 46 factors within the remaining.
    “It was my last international tournament as a junior and I am glad to end my junior career with a medal in the world cup. The conditions were very challenging in the final as it became very windy here. But I am happy that I was able to perform well in such conditions. Getting used to the time difference was another challenge. But my training under coach Piero Genga helped me a lot”, shared Sekhon whereas speaking with The Indian Express.
    Sekhon had taken curiosity in taking pictures in her childhood. She carries on her household’s legacy, together with her nice grandfather Captain Chattar Singh being a a number of royal taking pictures competitors champion within the 1940’s and her grandfather Mohinderpal Singh being a nationwide degree shooter. She began taking pictures in 2015 on the insistence of her father Amrinder Singh and claimed the silver medal in ladies’s skeet occasion in Senior National Shooting Championships in Pune. She delivered comparable performances within the 2017 nationals at Delhi and 2018 nationals at Jaipur. In 2018, Sekhon grew to become the primary Indian to win the bronze medal within the ISSF Junior World Championships at Sydney, Australia. In 2019, Sekhon gained the silver medal in Asian Shooting Championships at Doha earlier than she gained the historic bronze medal within the ISSF World Cup in Delhi in March this 12 months. Sekhon had additionally paired up with Angad Vir Bajwa to win gold within the blended skeet group competitors in Delhi.
    “The bronze medal in the ISSF World Cup was a boost to my senior shooting career and gave me a lot of confidence to believe in myself while competing at the senior level. The time after the world cup was tough as I was not able to travel to Italy for my training. It meant that I could only take guidance from my coach Piero Genga over the phone. I had been training for the Kazakhstan World Cup before it was cancelled”, stated Sekhon.
    The 20-year-old, whose household lately shifted from Zirakpur to Kansal, believes that the subsequent 12 months is necessary for her in her purpose to compete in 2024 Paris Olympics. “I have been working on my physical and mental fitness. Currently, the Indian skeet team is without a coach and we hope to get a coach soon. Training abroad will be crucial ahead of next year’s Asian Games and winning a medal there will boost my confidence to achieve the target of qualifying for 2024 Olympics and win a medal,” shared Sekhon.
     
     

  • ‘Father fell ill… had no other option’: School Nationals boxing medallist works as parking attendant in Chandigarh

    For the previous one 12 months, 23-year-old Ritu, a former Boxing School Nationals medallist and Inter-School medallist, has been working as a parking attendant within the Shastri market parking in Sector 22.
    The 23-year-old, who stop the game in 2017 as a result of her poor monetary situation, now spends her days accumulating and giving receipts on the busy parking at a every day wage of Rs 350.
    “Since my father fell ill in 2017, I had to quit boxing and other sports to support him. While my three brothers work as daily labourers in Mohali and Chandigarh respectively, the income was not enough to support my family. Hence, I started the job of a parking attendant. It has been tough but I have no other option,” says Ritu.

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    School National degree ladies boxer Ritu works as parking attendant in Sector 22 market in Chandigarh on Sunday.
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    While the teenager began boxing on the insistence of Paramjeet Singh, Physical schooling trainer on the Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 20-B, in 2015, Ritu was additionally enrolled in wrestling on the college. She had gained a gold within the 63 kg class inter-school competitors held by UT Administration in 2016, in addition to successful a silver within the Open Inter-School Tournament similar 12 months. She had additionally claimed a bronze within the 63 kg class in boxing in School Nationals Games held by the School Federation of India at Telangana, and was part of Chandigarh colleges group in wrestling and volleyball in the identical event. “Whatever I played, I could play during those three years in school. Once I had to quit school in 2017, the sport stopped for me. I have good memories of playing in school nationals. If I had got support at that time, I would have continued. I could not play in the Chandigarh State or the nationals held by Boxing Chandigarh and Boxing Federation of India as I did not have coach or proper training,” says Ritu.

    The teenager had utilized for jobs underneath sports activities quota, however with sportpersons having medals gained on the occasions held by the nationwide federations at junior and senior degree, Ritu didn’t get desire within the total listing underneath sports activities quota. “I have applied with Indian Army and Bihar Police and am awaiting the exams. In the past, I once applied for the post of Home Guard in the UT Police but the post was cancelled after physical test,” says Ritu.
    An former boxing participant mentioned that the such gamers needs to be guided to provide trials or coaching on the UT Administration centres. “It’s the negligence of school authorities and they should have sent the player to specialised coaching centres of the UT Administration. Such players are supported free of cost at such centres and when players win medals at the Boxing India or Boxing Chandigarh competitions, they are given preference to the jobs too,” mentioned the participant.

  • No two energy centres in Punjab Cong, says Capt as Sidhu, CM attend separate occasions

    As Punjab noticed the 82nd martyrdom day of Shaheed Udham Singh, CM Amarinder Singh and new PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu paid tributes to the martyr at completely different locations. While Sidhu was in Fatehgarh Sahib, the CM attended a state-level operate to mark the day in Sunam. Both leaders, nonetheless, went stay on social media on the identical time.
    After his occasion in Sunam, Amarinder performed down the problem of two energy centres in Punjab Congress and stated that each authorities and the PPCC had properly outlined roles. He additionally declared that his social gathering had already fulfilled 93 per cent of ballot guarantees made within the election manifesto and the determine would quickly go as much as 95 per cent.
    While Amarinder flew in a authorities chopper to Sunam, delivery place of the martyr to handle a state-level operate, Sidhu visited Fatehgarh Sahib, the constituency of PCC working president Kuljit Nagra and paid tributes to the martyr at Udham Singh Smarak, close to Roza Sharif.

    Amarinder was flanked by his aide and Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla, and Sidhu was accompanied by Nagra throughout his go to.
    Sources stated that Sidhu was not invited by the state authorities for the state-level operate.
    Amarinder, who has these days been collaborating in all authorities capabilities nearly, made it a degree to handle a operate in particular person Saturday. Before this, former PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar was invited for many of those occasions.

    In Sunam, Amarinder stated that the social gathering was working as one. On the problem of two energy centres, he stated: “Right now the party position is good and the same has to be further consolidated till elections,” stated Singh.
    Asked concerning the 18-point agenda given by the Kharge committee, the CM stated there was “some confusion” as his authorities had already applied a number of factors of this agenda.

  • All the Captain (Rahul)’s males

    A day after Congress introduced a change of guard in its Punjab unit, supporters of the brand new working presidents celebrated their elevation in numerous elements of the state. The Congress excessive command had on Sunday late undertaken a significant revamp of the social gathering within the state by making Navjot Singh Sidhu the PPCC chief whereas appointing 4 working presidents — Sangat Singh Gilzian, Sukhwinder Singh Danny, Pawan Goel and Kuljit Singh Nagra.
    Pawan Goel (64)
    In Mansa, the district bar affiliation attorneys celebrated the appointment of advocate Pawan Goel because the PPCC working president. Goel (64) belongs to Jaito constituency in Fairdkot district. His grandfather, Lala Nand Ram Sharma, was a freedom fighter.
    “My grandfather along with Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru had led the Jaito Morcha in 1930 against arbitrary orders of Maharaja of Faridkot and both were jailed as well,” stated Goel.
    He added, “Even my father, Lala Bhagwan Das, remained a Cabinet minister in Darbara Singh government in Punjab. My father was senior vice president of the PPCC as well. However in 1988, he was assassinated during dark days of terrorism.”
    Sources near the household claimed then PM Rajiv Gandhi had visited Bhagwan Das’s home 20 days earlier than he was killed. Pawan Goel was earlier president of district Congress committee of Faridkot, and had even remained normal secretary of PPCC.

    ExplainedWhy 4 working presidents for Punjab CongressWhile naming Navjot Singh Sidhu, a Jat Sikh, because the Punjab Congress chief, the AICC additionally appointed 4 working presidents in an effort to stability the caste and spiritual equations within the state that goes to polls early subsequent yr. While former Faridkot district Congress president Pawan Goel is a Hindu; Jandiala Guru MLA Sukhwinder Singh Danny belongs to a Scheduled Caste and Tanda Urmur MLA Sangat Singh Giljian is a backward class chief. Kuljeet Singh Nagra, the Fatehgarh Sahib MLA, is a Jat Sikh — the third on a key publish aside from Sidhu and Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Nagra and Danny are additionally thought-about near former AICC chief Rahul Gandhi.

    When requested about his priorities, he stated, “We will be working as a team for the betterment of the state. We will be meeting to chalk out our responsibilities, it is just an announcement as of now. We have significant tasks ahead of us. Whatever the high command tells us, we will abide by that.”
    Gurlabh Singh Mahal, an advocate from Mansa, stated: “Appointment of Goel as a working president is an honour for this family of freedom fighters and their sacrifices.”
    Kuljeet Singh Nagra (51)
    Two-time MLA from Fatehgarh Sahib constituency, Kuljeet Singh Nagra, too stated that the social gathering will work as a group.
    On Monday, Nagra was given a heat welcome in his constituency the place he addressed supporters and thanked the excessive command for giving him this duty .
    Nagra, who’s said to be near the Gandhi household, stated, “We will resolve differences if any within the party and we are here to work as a team…We will work hard as a unit ahead of polls in the state. I thank the high command for giving me this responsibility and I will do my best for the welfare of masses in the state.”
    The 51-year-old had fought his first election in 2012 from Fatehgarh Sahib constituency and defeated SAD’s Prem Singh Chandumajra, whereas in 2017 as effectively he gained defeating SAD’s Didar Singh Bhatti.
    He remained a senate member of the PU within the 90s, whereas he had additionally served as chairman and president of Punjab University Students Union (PUSU) throughout his faculty days.
    Apart from this, he had remained normal secretary of the All India Youth Congress and even Punjab Youth Congress from 1995 to 1997. Earlier, Harbans Lal from Congress used to contest from Fatehgarh Sahib and he was a three-time MLA as effectively, nonetheless Lal was denied ticket in 2012 which was given to Nagra. Lal had left the social gathering and had fought election as an Independent at the moment. In 2019, nonetheless, Harbans Lal joined BJP.
    In June, Nagra had overtly criticised the choice of Punjab authorities giving jobs to MLAs’ sons on compassionate grounds. After, Bhishm Pandey, son of Congress MLA Rakesh Pandey and Arjun Partap Singh Bajwa, son of Qadian MLA Fateh Jung Singh Bajwa got jobs on compassionate grounds, Nagra had issued a video message by which he had appealed the CM Amarinder Singh , the Cabinet and the social gathering to roll again this choice.
    Sukhwinder Singh Danny (44)
    Jandiala MLA and Congress social gathering’s Dalit face, Sukhwinder Singh Danny (44), is son of former Cabinet minister (late) Sardul Singh Bandala.
    After serving as Youth Congress vice chairman, Danny bought ticket from Faridkot parliamentary constituency in 2009 from Rahul Gandhi’s quota. It was a time when Rahul was selling younger leaders and Danny benefitted from technique.
    While he belonged from Majha, he was given a ticket from a Malwa seat that he didn’t win.
    Danny couldn’t get a ticket in 2014 regardless of making determined makes an attempt.
    Finally, luck favoured Danny in 2017 when he was elected to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha for the primary time from his house turf — Jandiala constituency in district Amritsar.
    He has served as member of committee on welfare of SCs, STs & BCs of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from 2017-19.
    While Danny was by no means a near Amarinder Singh camp, he was additionally by no means among the many rebels both. He is near Jasbir Singh Dimpa, who’s MP from Khadoor Sahib. Danny’s Jandiala constituency is a part of Khadoor Sahib. Dimpa, nonetheless, had taken took place in favour of Captain Amarinder Singh.
    Danny, nonetheless, maintained his distance from infighting between Captain and Sidhu whereas remaining low profile.
    When Dalit leaders like Lal Singh and Shamsher Singh Dullo have been hoping to achieve from present disaster in Punjab Congress, Danny’s identify as working president shocked many as he was by no means seen to be in race to get any place.
    After his appointment, Danny thanked Rahul Gandhi, CM Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu for his appointment.
    “We won 2019 elections in Punjab despite the Modi wave. Then we won all the local bodies elections. We will again win elections in 2022. There is no divide in the party. Even if there are some issues, high command will tackle them and party will win next election as one. Congress party is a family and there could be differences among members. But elders of family will resolve these differences,” stated Danny.
    He added, “Captain Amarinder Singh is our tallest leader and CM. Navjot Singh Sidhu is our senior leader and now Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee president. Captain Amarinder Singh has vast experience and Navjot Singh Sidhu has popularity and zeal. The combination of both leaders would make Congress victorious.”
    Sangat Singh Giljian (67)
    Three-time MLA, Sangat Singh Giljian (67), represents the Tanda Urmur Assembly section in Hoshiarpur district.
    He was the one MLA from Hoshiarpur who had attended a gathering with former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu in Jalandhar on Sunday hours earlier than Sidhu’s appointment as PPCC chief.
    Talking to The Indian Express Giljian, who was appointed advisor to Punjab CM Amarinder Singh in 2019, stated: “I got an indication about Sidhu becoming PPCC chief and because of that I went to meet him yesterday….It is a good step taken by the Congress high command because people wanted Sidhu as PPCC chief and it will boost the morale of the ground-level workers as they are of utmost importance in winning the election in 2022.”
    Giljian has had his variations with the state management as regardless of successful thrice in a row from Tanda Urmur he was not chosen for the ministerial berth by the Congress social gathering in 2017. He was additionally ignored on the time of Punjab Cabinet’s growth in 2018.
    In 2007, he was denied a ticket by the social gathering and had then contested as insurgent and gained the seat. Later, the Congress was pressured to take him again in partyfold.
    In 2018, when he was not inducted within the Cabinet, Giljian had resigned from his social gathering posts together with from All India Congress Committee (AICC) and as vice chairman of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC). However, he had not give up as an MLA.
    From the OBC Lubana neighborhood, Giljian then had alleged that backward courses have been ignored within the Cabinet growth. The Ludana neighborhood has a powerful presence in Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur and Patiala districts.
    With no political background, Giljian was the primary member of his household to hitch politics. He went on to win three elections in a row — 2007, 2012 and 2017 and is among the many senior most leaders from Doaba area.
    He had remained as village Giljian sarpanch for 15 years and in addition remained Congress Zila Parishad member for 10 years. He then contested first election for the Assembly in 2002, which he misplaced to SAD candidate Balbir Singh Mianai by a margin of round 1,250 votes.
    “I had lost my father just a week before the 2002 Assembly elections and could not focus on my campaign during that last election. I lost by a small margin but after that people in my constituency never let me down because I have a strong bond with the people of my constituency.”
    Giljian is a frontrunner who’s strongly linked together with his electorates. Much earlier than the social media revolution, Giljian was amongst one of many first Punjab leaders to faucet the social media to buttress his election marketing campaign in 2007, after being denied the Congress ticket from Tanda Urmur. He would ship voice messages by way of telephone calls that generated lot of help for him.
    Locals stated that as a frontrunner he’s out there to them round the clock.
    Sangat’s father was an agriculturist and he himself was into farming and in addition owned a rice sheller earlier than coming into politics. He has three brothers. His elder brother, who’s within the US, Mahinder Singh Giljian, is now president of the Overseas Congress now.

  • Sidhu introduced new punjab congress chief: A Sunday of cat and mouse in Delhi, Punjab

    Written by Manoj C G
    , Kanchan Vasdev
    | Chandigarh, New Delhi |
    Updated: July 19, 2021 3:14:07 am
    The official announcement appointing Navjot Singh Sidhu because the Punjab PCC chief got here after a day of tensions, with him and Chief Minister Amarinder Singh each attempting to drum up help towards one another.
    Amarinder and his bête noire and Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa appeared to have joined arms to stall Sidhu’s elevation, holding conferences late Saturday and on Sunday afternoon.
    Bajwa additionally held a gathering of all of the Congress Lok Sabha MPs at his residence, the place they resolved to oppose Sidhu’s appointment. While Bajwa mentioned he was not within the race for Chief Minister or PCC president, a put up he has occupied prior to now, the anti-Sidhu camp was mentioned to be propping up his identify with Amarinder’s tacit blessings. Bajwa tweeted after the assembly although that that they had talked about farmers’ points.

    Besides, 10 MLAs from the pro-Amarinder camp (out of the Congress’s 80 within the House), together with three AAP-turned-Congress leaders, launched a press release asking the excessive command to not “let down” the CM and backed his demand that Sidhu ought to tender a public apology for posting “numerous tweets” towards him. While admitting Sidhu was a celeb and “no doubt an asset to the party”, they mentioned his “condemning and criticising his own party and government in the public view has only created a rift in the cadres and weakened it”.
    They hoped the excessive command would “definitely keep in mind the status, contribution and background of Captain Amarinder Singh in mind while making vital decisions for the party”.
    Simultaneously, incumbent Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar known as a gathering of district Congress presidents and MLAs Monday, saying it might ship a sign that they stood with the excessive command. Jakhar mentioned the assembly was known as at his initiative and never on the central management’s behest. The assembly was cancelled after Sidhu’s appointment.
    Some of the MPs who attended the assembly at Bajwa’s residence confirmed receiving calls from Sonia Gandhi, together with Shamsher Singh Dullo. “I told her that if two Jat Sikh leaders (Amarinder and Sidhu) occupy top positions in the Congress, what will the Dalits feel?”
    The different MPs current on the Bajwa assembly included Amarinder’s spouse Preneet Kaur, Manish Tewari (mentioned to be among the many PCC chief hopefuls), Ravneet Singh Bittu, Jasbir Singh Gill, Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Amar Singh, Mohammad Sadique and Santokh Singh Chaudhary. Rajya Sabha MP from the state Ambika Soni stayed away.
    One of the MPs advised The Indian Express — earlier than information got here of Sidhu’s appointment — that they anticipated the excessive command to not impose a president on the state unit.

    However, different senior leaders like Amarinder’s Cabinet minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and former Union minister Ashwani Kumar suggested partymen to line up behind the excessive command. Tript Rajinder, who had earlier backed Amarinder towards Sindhu, urged the CM to “forget Sidhu’s tweets like he had forgotten Partap (Bajwa)’s tweets and letters of last four and half years”.
    Ashwani Kumar suggested partymen to “gracefully” settle for the choice of the excessive command to nominate Sidhu within the curiosity of unity. “There are no victors or losers. Reconciliation is the way forward .All Congress persons will, hopefully, have a role to play in fighting an ideological battle… It is necessary to ensure that no one feels diminished.”

  • Sikh man strikes court docket; says spouse, kin attempting to transform him, minor son

    A 36-year-old Sikh man has filed a civil swimsuit within the Chandigarh district courts in search of instructions to restrain his Muslim spouse and her relations from forcibly changing him and his minor son to Islam.
    The court docket of Rasveen Kaur, Civil Judge (Junior Division), has issued a discover to the defendants for July 20.
    The plaintiff, who’s a resident of Chandigarh, has submitted that he’s Sikh by faith and by start whereas his spouse and in-laws are Muslim by start.
    The plaintiff’s counsel, advocate Dikshit Arora, has submitted within the petition that he met his would-be spouse in 2008 whereas working in an workplace in Chandigarh, the place he was a retailer incharge and he or she was a salesgirl. The two grew to become buddies and he or she proposed to him. He stated no as a result of they got here from totally different religions. However, she continued and promised him that faith won’t ever grow to be a difficulty. On this, they bought married as per Sikh rituals in a gurdwara at Amritsar in November 2008.

    However, the plaintiff alleges within the petition, from day one of many marriage, his spouse and in- legal guidelines began forcing him to profess Muslim faith and to boycott Sikh faith. Due to this, he initially opted to steer clear of his in-laws and went to Delhi the place he stayed from 2008-2011. Later, he took up a job at Amritsar the place he lived from 2011 to 2015.

    In August 2012, his spouse gave start to a child boy. He alleged from day one of many start of his son, his spouse and in-laws tried their greatest to transform the minor baby to Islam however the plaintiff safeguarded him.
    The plaintiff alleged the opposite relations of his spouse, together with his brother-in-laws, additionally had been interfering in his married life.