Amarinder Singh
15th Chief Minister of Punjab, India
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Captain Amarinder Singh, is an Indian politician, military historian, former royal and Indian Army veteran who served as the 15th Chief Minister of Punjab. A former Member of the Legislative Assembly, Punjab and Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, he was also the president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. He has also previously served as the Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007 and 2017 to 2021. His father was the last Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala. He has also served in the Indian Army from 1963 to 1966. In 1980, he won a seat in the Lok Sabha for the first time. As of November 2022, Singh also serves as the chairman of the Punjab Urdu Academy. Captain Singh resigned as the Chief Minister of Punjab on 18 September 2021. On 19 September, 2022 he merged his party PLC with BJP and joined BJP on the same day.
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'Centre must intercede...' Captain Amarinder Singh on Punjab's deteriorating law and order situationIndiaTimes - Published | |
Amarinder, Jakhar part of new 17-member Punjab BJP core committeeIndiaTimes - Published | |
Congress defectors Amarinder Singh, Sunil Jakhar in top BJP bodyWith an eye on the 2024 general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday inducted former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh and former state Congress chief Sunil Jakhar into the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Amarinder Singh, Sunil Jakhar made BJP national executive membersIndiaTimes - Published | |
Why things are falling apart in Congress and centre can't holdAmid the crisis in Rajasthan, the rebuff from the Gehlot camp stands in stark contrast to the ease with which Congress replaced Amarinder Singh as the chief minister of Punjab last year, underscoring..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Congress president election: Is Rajasthan going the Punjab way?Instability has come back to haunt the Congress in Rajasthan after two years. The Congress leadershipâs move to replace Amarinder Singh with Charanjit Singh Channi in September last year as the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh joins BJPFormer Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh formally joined the BJP on Monday. He has merged his newly formed party, Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) â which he had floated last year â with the saffron..IndiaTimes - Published Also reported by •DNA | |
Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh to join BJP today, meets JP Nadda ahead of merging partyFormer Punjab CM Amarinder Singh is all set to join BJP today and merge the newly-launched Punjab Lok Congress with the party.DNA - Published | |
Amarinder Singh set to join BJP, meets NaddaIndiaTimes - Published | |
Amarinder party may merge with BJP on MondayIndiaTimes - Published | |
Congress doomed beyond redemption: Amarinder SinghFormer Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Friday targeted the Congress, saying the party under the current leadership is "doomed beyond redemption". "When you cannot retain leaders like Ghulam..IndiaTimes - Published | |
NDA likely to nominate former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh as Vice Presidential candidateAmarinder Singh left the Congress after being fired as Punjab Chief Minister last year and created the Punjab Lok Congress.DNA - Published | |
PM Modi speaks to Amarinder Singh to enquire about his healthIndiaTimes - Published | From Punjab Congress chief to Patiala jail: Navjot Singh Sidhu's twist of fateRoughly a year ago, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu was eyeing the chief minister's post in Punjab after successfully dislodging Captain Amarinder Singh. The cricketer-turned-politician had set his..IndiaTimes - Published |
Need stable, strong govt at Centre in 2024: Amarinder SinghFormer Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that 2024 Lok Sabha elections are crucial as country needs stable and strong government which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is already..IndiaTimes - Published | Gandhis entirely responsible for shameful loss, says AmarinderBlaming the Gandhis for the Congress debacle in all the assembly polls, Punjab Lok Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday said "the party dug its own grave in the border state the day it..IndiaTimes - Published |
Punjab assembly polls: Captain Amarinder knocked down a Patiala pegIndiaTimes - Published | Little known big winners: Meet the candidates who defeated Badals, Sidhu, Amarinder and others in PunjabIndiaTimes - Published |
Amarinder Singh: Fails big time in Punjab polls, so does party which âhumiliated' himIndiaTimes - Published | Punjab election 2022: Congress could not overcome anti-incumbency of 4.5 years under Amarinder Singh, says Randeep SurjewalaIndiaTimes - Published |
Who is AAP's Ajit Pal Singh Kohli, the man who trumped Maharaja of Patiala, Captain Amarinder Singh?However, the Maharaja of Patiala was trumped by AAP's Ajit Pal Singh Kohli by nearly 20,000 votes.DNA - Published | Amarinder accepts defeat in Assembly polls, congratulates AAP on victoryFormer chief minister and Punjab Lok Congress president Amarinder Singh on Thursday accepted his defeat and congratulated the Aam Aadmi Party for the victory in the state Assembly polls. Amarinder..IndiaTimes - Published |
Prominent losers: Channi, Amarinder, Sidhu, Badals - the mighty bite the dust in Punjab as AAP heading towards poll sweepIndiaTimes - Published | Punjab Elections 2022 Results LIVE: Capt Amarinder Singh breaks silence after losing from PatialaThe former CM, who won the 2017 Assembly elections for Congress, lost to AAP rival Ajit Pal Singh.DNA - Published |
Punjab Assembly Elections 2022 Results: Amarinder Singh losesAmarinder Singh from Punjab Lok Congress loses in Punjab Assembly Elections 2022.DNA - Published | Punjab CM Channi meets Amit Shah, discusses Bhakra Beas Management Board issueEarlier in the day, former Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress Chief Captain Amarinder Singh also met Amit Shah on Monday.DNA - Published |
Punjab Elections: Former CM Capt Amarinder Singh meets Amit Shah, claims alliance did well in pollsFormer Chief Minister said that his meeting with Union Home Minister in Delhi was to discuss Punjab in general and had nothing to do about elections.DNA - Published | PM Narendra Modi hosts Sikh leaders, says country wasnât born in 1947The meeting at the PMâs residence coincided with the last day for campaigning for the polls in Punjab where BJP has pulled out all the stops to woo the Sikh community as it seeks to put up a strong..IndiaTimes - Published |
Amarinder removed as CM as he refused free power to the poor: Rahul Gandhi"I will tell you why was Capt Amarinder Singh removed as the CM of Punjab. It is because he did not agree to provide free electricity to the poor people. He said I have a contract with the Power..IndiaTimes - Published | âSpace for dissent in Congress shrinking due to Gandhisâ holdâ: Ex-minister quits partyKumar said the move came after his âagonizing reflectionsâ over the partyâs decline, absence of inner-party democracy and scope for conscientious dissent because of the hold of the Gandhis and..IndiaTimes - Published |
Difficult fight for parties in Punjab: AmarinderIndiaTimes - Published | Amarinder Singh replaced as his government was being run by BJP from Delhi, says Priyanka GandhiIndiaTimes - Published |
Punjab Elections: BJP releases manifesto, promises to waive off farmer debtsThe BJP is fighting in alliance with former CM Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt).DNA - Published | Election round-up: Yogi targets Akhilesh and Jayant; was 1st choice for CM post after Amarinder's exit, says JakharIndiaTimes - Published |
Punjab elections 2022: 42 MLAs wanted me to be CM after Amarinder Singh, says Congress' Sunil JakharAhead of the Punjab polls, Congress leader Sunil Jakhar has claimed that the majority of the MLAs wanted him to become the chief minister.DNA - Published | Election round-up: Prime Minister Modi hits out at SP in first virtual rally; Badal, Amarinder file nomination papersIndiaTimes - Published |
Punjab: Ex-India cricketer Dinesh Mongia, 2 sitting Congress MLAs join BJPA day after the formal announcement of alliance among BJP, former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, former Akali Dal veteran, several prominent faces from the state, including former..IndiaTimes - Published | PM likely to address rally in Punjab on January 5, may share stage with AmarinderIndiaTimes - Published |
Punjab polls: BJP, Captainâs party and Dhindsaâs SAD will have common manifestoBJP is likely to play the role of senior partner in its alliance with Amarinder Singhâs Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsaâs SAD (Sanyukt) in Punjab, and the coalition is unlikely to..IndiaTimes - Published | Formed coalition in interest of national security, Punjab's progress: AmarinderIndiaTimes - Published |
BJP, Capt Amarinder Singh, SAD (Sanyukt) join hands for Punjab pollsPunjab elections are likely to be announced in January. In such a situation, BJP, Captain and Dhindsa are busy finalizing the seat-sharing arrangementDNA - Published | BJP formally announces alliance with Amarinder, Dhindsa's party for Punjab electionsIndiaTimes - Published |
Serious threat to Punjab's peace & security that govt is brushing aside: Amarinder after Ludhiana blastIndiaTimes - Published | 'You reap what you sow': Captain Amarinder Singh takes a dig at former Uttarakhand CM Harish RawatFormer Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh took a dig at Congress leader Harish Rawat's "hands being tied" tweet ahead of Uttarakhand polls.DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes |
'No justification for killings': Captain Amarinder Singh condemns lynching of sacrilege accusedCaptain Amarinder Singh has spoken out against the lynching of the two men who were accused of sacrilege in Punjab.DNA - Published | Punjab MLA Sodhi, close to Amarinder, quits Congress for BJPIndiaTimes - Published |
Killing of two men for sacrilege bids absolutely unacceptable, says Amarinder SinghIndiaTimes - Published | Veteran Punjab Congress leader Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi joins BJPPunjab Congress leader Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi quit his party and joined the BJP on Tuesday, accusing the Congress of putting the state's "security and communal harmony at stake". Sodhi, an MLA who is..IndiaTimes - Published |
Sitting at home, licking feet of PM Modi: Navjot Sidhu lashes out at Amarinder SinghIndiaTimes - Published | Amarinder attacks Channi, Sidhu after Pakistani drone spotted near borderIndiaTimes - Published |
