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Punjab Congress crisis: CM Charanjit Singh Channi asks 'head of family' Sidhu to talk, resolve issues

Reported by:  PTC News Desk  Edited by:  Rajan Nath -- September 29th 2021 03:47 PM -- Updated: September 29th 2021 04:00 PM
Punjab Congress crisis: CM Charanjit Singh Channi asks 'head of family' Sidhu to talk, resolve issues

Punjab Congress crisis: CM Charanjit Singh Channi asks 'head of family' Sidhu to talk, resolve issues

Punjab Congress crisis: A day after Navjot Singh Sidhu tendered his resignation from the post of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief, state Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday said he has urged the "Congress family's head" Sidhu, to resolve issues. "Whoever is party president, is head of the family. I had called him (Navjot Singh Sidhu) and told him that the party is supreme... I have spoken to him on phone and told him to let's sit, talk it out and resolve the issue," Channi said while addressing media. Also Read | Punjab Congress crisis: Minister, 3 Cong leaders quit following Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation Who is Charanjit Singh Channi, Punjab's new CM? Earlier in the day, Sidhu in a veiled dig at the new Punjab government stated that he cannot compromise with his ethics, moral authority and pointed out that he didn't want a "repeat of a system of tainted leaders and officers in the state". Also Read | NEET-UG 2021: Alleging paper leak, plea in SC seeks cancellation of exam Charanjit Singh Channi set to become next Punjab Chief Minister | India News – India TV Sidhu also said that there is a system of tainted leaders and officers in the state. Channi, at the press conference also talked about the decisions taken during the Punjab Cabinet meeting earlier on Wednesday and informed that the Punjab government will pay the electricity bills of 53 lakh families who cannot do so. The Chief Minister said he has been regularly visiting villages in Punjab and electricity is a major issue. Punjab cabinet headed by CM Charanjit Singh Channi deliberates to allow free mining of sand by lando- The New Indian Express "Due to the non-payment of excessive bills, many houses' meters were disconnected. 75-80 per cent of consumers come under the 2 KiloWatt category...Their last bill will be taken care of, by us. The disconnected electricity connections will be reinstalled," he said. He also promised that soon the problem of the 'sand mafia' will be "finished" from Punjab. "We are working day and night on how to improve the system. We have to break the nexus. I am bringing a new policy for this," he said. -PTC News


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