Punjab cabinet expansion- another round of meeting between CM and Rahul is going to happen?
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
Speculations are rife that a meeting between Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Rahul Gandhi is going to happen at 11 pm tonight, to once again discuss the names of probable’s for tomorrow oath taking ceremony.
This time Punjab chief minister is not going to Delhi, as Rahul Gandhi is at Shimla along with his mother and sister’s family. The meeting is scheduled at 11:00 pm tonight , thru video conferencing.
Today morning, Punjab chief minister came back from Delhi, after finalizing the MLAs to be inducted into the upcoming cabinet expansion. Later at 12:30 pm he along with deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa met the Governor and submitted him a list of congress MLAs , who will take oath as ministers in Charanjit Singh Channi led Punjab government. Other deputy chief minister OP Soni reached late and he couldn’t meet the governor. Governor has invited the chief minister and his MLAs, tomorrow at 4:30 pm for oath taking ceremony.
CM with RahulAs per sources, the state government has conveyed the governor house to hold the MLAs list , that the chief minister Charnjit Singh Channi had handed over to the governor, as some last minute changes has to be done.
“The government has to take this decision, as some objections were raised by senior party leaders, over the selection procedure of the leaders, to be inducted into the state cabinet. This forces the state chief minister to hold the list and inform the governor, about this development. Later he sends a message to Rahul Gandhi, for his urgent intervention. So, Rahul Gandhi has given him the time and he will once again discuss the issue with the state chief minister and senior party leaders through video conferencing” said a leader .
royalpatiala.in has already highlighted about the non finalization of the list, in it’s afternoon report.
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