The state Congress committee has been displaying that it is not happy with the DMK and the clash between the allies is growing when the polls are just two weeks away.
On Monday, Charanjit Singh Channi had sworn in as the 16th Chief Minister of Punjab and he also had become the first Dalit Chief Minister of the state.
When Punjab witnessed the change of guard, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi had reached Shimla on Monday to join her daughter's holidaying retreat.
Charanjit Singh Channi has sworn in as the 16th Chief Minister of Punjab on Monday and he also became the first Dalit Sikh Chief Minister of the state.
Amarinder Singh is the 15th Chief Minister of Punjab, having served two terms - from 26th February 2002 to 1st March 2007 and from 16th March 2017 to 18th September 2021.
The political climate in Punjab has been stormy for the past few months and now, it has got advanced as a cyclone with Amarinder Singh's decision of quitting the party ahead of the crucial polls.
In the 2021 assembly polls, Mamata Banerjee had contested in Nandigram against her friend-turned-foe Suvendu Adhikari. She had however lost the race, that had made the by-poll possible.
In a press release, the Election Commission has said that the by-poll for this seat will be conducted on September 13 and the notification for the same will be issued on August 24.
Patra has cited several rape incidents in Congress-ruling states and asked Rahul Gandhi to divulge why he didn't go meet the families of the rape victims in these states.
