Punjab: Congress defers legislative party meet after no consensus on new CM

Sunday, 19 September 2021Newsdesk

Having failed to reach a consensus on the next chief minister of Punjab, the Congress has deferred it legislative party’s meeting scheduled on Sunday and has started calling up its MLAs to take their opinions on the matter

New Delhi, 19 September 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, “About half-an-hour ago, we started calling up all our MLAs to get a list of probable chief ministers. Let’s see what comes out of it,” a party leader said. While former PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar’s name was finalised till last evening, the party held it back after murmurs of protest during the CLP meet on Saturday. Cabinet minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa had opposed saying that if a Hindu leader was to be named the CM, then it has to be Rajya Sabha member Ambika Soni. Randhawa was, however, placated later

Source - indianexpress.com