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  • Good starting all the time makes good ending: Sidhu to Kishor on new endeavour

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: After ballot strategist Prashant Kishor hinted at making a contemporary starting from his house state Bihar, former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu despatched his finest needs on his new endeavour, saying a “good starting all the time makes a superb ending’.

    “The first blow is half the battle my friend. A good beginning always makes a good ending. Best always in your sincere efforts to honour the spirit of our Constitution. The power of people must return to the people’, manifold,” Sidhu stated in a tweet.

    Sidhu had earlier put out an image of his with Kishor when he met him the day he declined the Congress supply to affix the occasion and be part of the empowered motion group to evolve the occasion’s technique for upcoming meeting polls in a number of states and 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

    Putting out a cryptic tweet, he stated, “Had a wonderful meeting with my old friend PK, Old wine, Old gold and Old friends still the best !!!.”

    Kishor on Monday induced ripples within the uneven waters of Bihar politics with the cryptic announcement of a contemporary “shuruat” (starting) from his house state.

    Kishor got here out with a tweet during which he known as a “roller coaster ride” his spectacularly profitable decade of political consultancy which noticed him working with purchasers as numerous as Narendra Modi, Mamata Banerjee and Jagan Mohan Reddy.

    “My quest to be a meaningful participant in democracy and help shape pro-people policy led to a roller-coaster ride! As I turn the page, time to go to the Real Masters, THE PEOPLE, to better understand the issues and the path to Jan Suraaj – people’s good governance,” tweeted Kishor, including the hashtag “shuruat Bihar se” (Beginning from Bihar).

    The Twitter submit indicated his flip in the direction of lively politics in his house state.

    According to I-PAC, the political consultancy agency based by Kishor, he’s more likely to come out with extra particulars about his future undertaking at a press convention right here later this week.

  • Old pals are the most effective: Sidhu after assembly Prashant Kishor 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: After ballot strategist Prashant Kishor declined the Congress provide to affix the get together, former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu met him on Tuesday and shared an image with him saying “old friends are the best”.

    “Had a wonderful meeting with my old friend PK – Old wine, Old gold and Old friends still the best!!!” Sidhu stated on Twitter, sharing his image with Kishor.

    Had an exquisite assembly with my previous good friend PK … Old wine , Old gold and Old pals nonetheless the most effective !!! pic.twitter.com/OqOvkJqJmF

    — Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) April 26, 2022

    Earlier within the day, Kishor declined the Congress provide to affix it and be part of its Empowered Action Group for 2024 Lok Sabha elections saying greater than him the Congress get together wants “leadership and collective will” to repair deep-rooted structural issues by way of reforms.

    The ballot strategist has been engaged with the Congress for bringing such adjustments and evolving the get together’s technique for upcoming elections and had made an in depth presentation on his plan to prime get together leaders.

  • Punjab Congress youth wing chief confronts Navjot Singh Sidhu over ‘corruption’ inside get together

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Infighting within the Punjab Congress got here out within the open Thursday at a protest assembly when a colleague dared Navjot Singh Sidhu to take names if he felt anybody within the get together was concerned in wrongdoing.

    The embarrassing state of affairs for the get together arose when Punjab Congress youth chief Brinder Singh Dhillon interrupted Sidhu, a former Punjab Congress Committee (PCC) chief, in his speech.

    Sidhu was addressing the Congress leaders and staff throughout the protest in opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central authorities over continued rise in petrol, diesel, and cooking gasoline costs outdoors the Punjab Congress Bhawan right here.

    Sidhu spoke about selling folks with clear picture for the get together’s revival within the wake of its decimation within the latest Punjab meeting elections.

    “I did not take anybody’s name nor will I do that. ‘Kyonki yeh public jo hai sab jaanti hai’ (because the public knows everything),” Sidhu stated cryptically.

    He stated it’s going to do nobody any good, in the event that they select to fill their very own coffers.

    “No matter how many addresses you deliver, nothing will happen,” he stated.

    He stated he can be the primary one to take a stand if any “false” FIR was lodged in opposition to any Congress employee.

    “But if money is recovered from anybody’s house, I will not stand with him,” he stated.

    “Kyonki choran naal nahin khadna (I am not going to support the corrupt).”

    “I will not point a finger at anyone. A hundred people may have spoken against me but Sidhu never spoke against any Congress worker,” he stated.

    Dhillon stood and interrupted Sidhu shouting at him to attract his consideration.

    “Sidhu sahab, what you are doing is wrong,” Dhillon stated confronting him.

    “Kyon nahi naam laoge, kyon nahin naam laoge (why won’t you take names?),” Dhillon requested Sidhu in Punjabi.

    “If something is wrong then call it out, and if something is right then say that too,” he stated, pleading Sidhu to call those that he thinks indulged in corruption.

    Dhillon then instructed Sidhu if he was not going to take names then he was indulging in mere “drama”.

    “Phir tusi drama kar rahe ho (then you are doing a drama),” he stated.

    The warmth from his get together employee made Sidhu cease his deal with.

    Later, Dhillon by a tweet appealed for unity within the get together and clarified that his outburst was not in opposition to any particular person.

    “No fight against any individual, we should not be throwing mud at each other as it was a collective defeat. We have suffered because of infighting and if we do not course correct, we will be finished. Time to stand together and fight for public not for individual glorification,” he posted.

    A bit of Punjab Congress leaders have been holding conferences not too long ago and batting for a key function for Sidhu forward of the seemingly announcement of the brand new PPCC chief.

    The Congress acquired a drubbing within the Punjab meeting polls profitable solely 18 seats, because the Aam Aadmi Party stormed to energy bagging 92 of the 117 meeting segments.

    Sidhu was defeated by AAP candidate and political greenhorn Jeevan Jyot Kaur from Amritsar East constituency.

    Following the ballot debacle in 5 states — Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur, and Punjab — Congress president Sonia Gandhi had requested the get together’s state unit chiefs to place of their papers, and Sidhu, too, tendered his resignation.

  • Punjab Congress employee attacked in Ferozepur dies, police add homicide cost to FIR

    By PTI

    FEROZEPUR: A Congress employee who was attacked in a village right here over a fortnight in the past succumbed to his accidents at a hospital on Tuesday, following which police added homicide cost to the FIR filed within the case.

    Former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and a few of his social gathering colleagues demanded motion in opposition to the culprits and alleged that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) staff have been behind the assault.

    The Congress employee, Iqbal Singh (53), a resident of Kassoana village right here, was attacked by three folks with bricks on March 12, two days after the Punjab Assembly ballot outcomes have been declared.

    Iqbal Singh was grievously injured within the incident and was admitted to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College in Faridkot.

    His situation remained essential and he breathed his final on Tuesday, police mentioned.

    Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Zira Sadar police station, Balraj Singh mentioned the accused had been booked below numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in an FIR that was registered on March 13 on the idea of a criticism lodged by the deceased’s brother, Pal Singh.

    Now, Section 302 (homicide) of the IPC has been added to the FIR, he mentioned.

    “A manhunt has been launched to nab the accused and they will be arrested very soon,” the ASI mentioned.

    Sidhu visited Iqbal Singh’s residence and demanded a authorities job for one in every of his relations.

    In a sequence of tweets, he mentioned, “Congress worker brutally beaten to death in zira constituency”.

    Visited his residence in village kasowana the place his lifeless physique was introduced, took up the matter with the administration.

    Culprits must be arrested, sufferer’s household must be given a govt job!” “Justice delayed is justice denied ! Culprits (AAP Goons) must be booked and arrested instantly,” he mentioned.

    Congress chief and former Punjab minister Pargat Singh urged Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to make sure fast arrest of the accused.

    “I appeal to @BhagwantMann to ensure the immediate arrest of the three accused @AAPPunjab workers who led a murderous attack on Congress worker Iqbal Singh,a Dalit of Village Kassoana (Police Station Zira) on 12th March immediately after election results,” he tweeted.

    “The victim has succumbed to his injuries today and the accused are still roaming free. Punjab has not voted for this “change”,” he mentioned in one other tweet.

    Congress chief Sukhpal Singh Khaira tweeted mentioned he was “saddened” by the information of Iqbal Singh’s demise.

    Blaming AAP staff for the assault, he mentioned he hoped this is not the “badlav” (change) that the ruling social gathering promised.

    Zira Congress MLA Kulbir Singh additionally demanded that the culprits be arrested instantly.

    “Iqbal was attacked by the accused with an intention to kill him. I urge CM Bhagwant Mann to ensure justice,” he mentioned.

  • Over 20 Punjab leaders together with Navjot Sidhu maintain assembly

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: More than 20 Punjab Congress leaders, together with former state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, held a gathering at Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala district on Saturday.

    Sukhpal Khaira, Congress MLA from Bholath who was current on the assembly, mentioned that it was a part of efforts to make sure a speedy revival of the get together in Punjab.

    He mentioned like-minded Cong MLAs, ex-MLAs, 2022 meeting election candidates and the previous PCC president converged on the residence of former MLA Navtej Singh Cheema at Sultanpur Lodhi.

    “‘We’re sure party will take future decisions on merit n honesty in accordance with the mandate of ‘Badlav’ (change),” mentioned Khaira in a tweet.

    Sidhu, who stop as Punjab unit chief on the path of Congress president Sonia Gandhi following the get together’s defeat within the current meeting polls, shared an image of the assembly on Twitter. “We will fight for Punjab’s rights and truth with good intentions and honesty,” he tweeted.

    Other distinguished leaders current on the assembly have been MLA Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal, Rakesh Pandey, Mohinder Singh Kaypee, Ashwani Sekhri, Nazar Singh Manshahia, Pirmal Singh Dhaula and Davinder Singh Ghubaya.

    The Congress acquired a drubbing within the recently-held Punjab meeting polls because it may win solely 18 seats. The Aam Aadmi Party stormed to energy by bagging 92 seats of the 117-assembly segments within the state.

    Navjot Sidhu was additionally defeated by AAP candidate and political greenhorn Jeevan Jyot Kaur from Amritsar East seat.

    Sidhu had resigned because the get together’s Punjab chief after Congress president Sonia Gandhi had requested its state unit chiefs in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur to place of their papers following the ballot debacle.

  • AAP nominations for RS polls a ‘betrayal’ of Punjab: Sidhu

    New batteries for the Delhi distant management, it's blinking. Harbhajan is an exception, the remainder are batteries and betrayal of Punjab, Navjot Singh Sidhu tweeted. 

  • Punjab Congress leaders blame Navjot Singh Sidhu, Charanjit Singh Channi over ballot debacle

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress leaders have demanded that former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu needs to be proven the door and blamed them for the celebration’s debacle within the polls.

    In a gathering of celebration candidates from the Malwa area of the state known as by AICC Punjab affairs in-charge Harish Chaudhary on Tuesday, many leaders blamed infighting and indiscipline for the heavy defeat.

    Gurpreet Singh, who misplaced from Bassi Pathana seat from the place Channi’s brother Manohar Singh fought as an impartial candidate, blamed Channi. “The former Punjab CM is the only reason for the defeat. People did not like Channi as the CM face. He should be expelled. How could people of Punjab listen to Channi when his brother did not. Had Sidhu been the CM face, we would have won at least 50 seats,” he stated.

    Pointed out that Sidhu himself misplaced from Amritsar East, Singh blamed Channi once more. “When Channi was the CM face, what could Sidhu do?”

    Former minister Balbir Singh Sidhu stated, “Both Channi and Sidhu should resign as they are responsible for this defeat. When I was removed from the cabinet after Amarinder Singh was shown the door, what was my fault? Now, both of them have scripted the debacle of the party. Infighting led to this. Channi’s statement on migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the state also triggered an uproar,” he stated.

    Another former minister, Randeep Singh Nabha stated inside combating and indiscipline amongst senior leaders prompted the voters to assume that AAP was a greater various. The level of indiscipline was raised additionally by former minister Amarinder Raja Warring. “Congress lost due to indiscipline and senior leaders who did not speak to each other,” he stated.

    Former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu stated, “The reasons because of which we lost will be out in the open soon. I do not think that the party was weak or we lost because of the leadership.” Chaudhary stated he was taking duty for the defeat. Channi and Sidhu additionally attended the assembly however did not remark.

  • Congress scripted its personal defeat in Punjab, says senior celebration chief in obvious jibe at Sidhu

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab minister and senior Congress chief Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday stated that the Congress management scripted its personal defeat by giving energy to turncoats and opportunists who have been alien to the Congress, its historical past and tradition.

    Reacting to the celebration’s drubbing within the Punjab meeting polls, Sidhu stated, “The decline of the party’s prospects started the day Sunil Jakhar, a dyed-in-wool Congressman, was replaced by an outsider Navjot Singh Sidhu, who had joined the Congress just four years ago.”

    Asserting that the Congress “committed one blunder after another”, Balbir Sidhu stated eradicating Amarinder Singh because the chief minister proved to be the final straw that broke the camel’s again which finally led to the “complete collapse” of the celebration and the federal government.

    Amarinder Singh was unseated from the chief minister’s submit final 12 months following a bitter feud between him and Navjot Singh Sidhu.

    In a press release right here, the previous well being minister stated the celebration’s third mistake was refusing to nominate Sunil Jakhar because the chief minister simply because he was a Hindu, regardless of the help of an amazing majority of the celebration MLAs and the secular character and tradition of the Congress.

    “If the Congress had believed in politics of religion, Giani Zail Singh wouldn’t be the president, Dr Manmohan Singh wouldn’t be the prime minister and Buta Singh wouldn’t be the home minister,” he stated.

    “All this was followed by the appointment of Charanjit Singh Channi, who again was not a real Congressman, as he had tried his luck with the Shiromani Akali Dal and the People’s Party of Punjab before joining the Congress. The Congress party and the government was handed over to rank outsiders,” Balbir Sidhu asserted.

    He stated the way in which the celebration arbitrarily denied tickets to senior and veteran leaders like Amrik Singh Dhillon, Jagmohan Singh Kang, Ajaib Singh Bhatti and Kewal Singh Dhillon was one more deadly mistake by the Congress management.

    “It was strange and surprising that the party looked like it was in a race with itself in repeating one blunder after another to cause its own doom,” he stated.

    The three-time former MLA from Mohali identified that simply earlier than the appointment of Navjot Singh Sidhu because the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president, everybody was of the unanimous view that the Congress will repeat itself in 2022.

    “But the countdown for doom started the day Navjot Sidhu took over as the PCC president”, he stated, including that the celebration made no efforts to reign him in.

    Balbir Sidhu stated the way in which the Punjab Congress chief and the chief minister indulged in open disagreement, placing the celebration in a state of “civil war”, left the sphere vast open for the opposition.

    “People got fed up with this civil war and they decided to teach us a lesson,” he stated.

    Besides, Balbir Sidhu stated, “The language used by Navjot Sidhu and Channi during the campaign antagonised a large section of the electorate.”

    While Navjot Sidhu allegedly addressed former minister Anil Joshi as a “kaala Brahmin”, Channi allegedly used derogatory language in opposition to the migrant inhabitants.

    This antagonised sure communities and so they voted in opposition to the Congress not solely in Punjab, but additionally in Uttar Pradesh, he stated.

    The former minister stated as an alternative of proudly owning up accountability, these accountable have been “shamelessly” glorifying themselves as if that they had received “Param Vir Chakra”.

    He stated these answerable for the debacle should be made accountable, lest the Congress acquired “destroyed beyond redemption”.

    The Aam Aadmi Party romped house with 92 of the 117 meeting seats by decimating the Congress and the SAD-BSP mix.

  • Like Navjot Singh Sidhu in Punjab, many Himachal Congress MLAs dream of turning into CM right here: BJP MLA

    Pointing to the exit ballot outcomes for the 5 states, Hamirpur MLA Thakur mentioned within the meeting that the Himachal Congress MLAs' desires is not going to develop into true.

  • UP polls: Smriti Irani rakes up Sidhu’s ‘Pakistan Link’, lashes out at Congress

    By PTI

    KUSHINAGAR: Union minister Smriti Irani accused the Congress on Sunday of colluding with those that had killed harmless folks.

    Addressing an election assembly in Kushinagar, Irani hit out at Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, saying she made Navjot Singh Sidhu, who had embraced Pakistan’s military chief and mentioned Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is his brother, the president of the Punjab Congress.

    “If the Gandhi family has the courage, it should refute my allegations,” she added.

    In an obvious reference to Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in reference to a money-laundering case, Irani alleged that the Congress is shielding an individual who has hyperlinks with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who was concerned within the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.

    Taking a jibe on the “ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon” (I’m a lady and I can battle) slogan of the Congress for the continued Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the Union minister for ladies and youngster growth mentioned the boat of the grand previous occasion is sinking and it has handed over the cost of the sinking boat to girls.

    “They emerge as chunavjeevi at the time of elections and come up with a new formula, some times in the name of caste, some times in the name of religion,” she mentioned.

    Irani alleged that through the COVID-19 disaster, the Congress, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have been nowhere to be seen.

    “It was the BJP that went from house to house distributing masks and ration. Priyanka is sad over the fact that ration was distributed among poor people. Had there been an SP-BSP government, would the poor have got the ration?” she requested the gathering.

    Taking a jibe on the SP, the Union minister mentioned, “Those who had once fired bullets on the devotees of Lord Ram are telling people that Lord Krishna comes in their dreams. I would like to tell them that in kalyug, Lord Krishna will never come to save criminals. God never sides with those who give shelter to people insulting women.”

    Referring to the Gandhis, she mentioned a member of a household that had as soon as mentioned there was no Ram is transferring from one temple to a different sporting the sacred thread.

    Kushinagar is scheduled to go to polls within the sixth spherical of the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh election on March 3.