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No MLAโ€™s Son Will Get Chairmanship, If It Happens Might Resign: Navjot Sidhhu

Ludhiana: Unleashing a veiled attack on former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh for giving government jobs to sitting MLAs sons during his tenure, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said if he continues to be PCC chief, no MLAโ€™s son will get chairmanship, adding that he will resign if it happens.

โ€œI promise that if I continue as PCC chief, no MLAโ€™s son will get the chairmanship, workers will get it โ€ฆwill resign the day when someone privileged gets it,โ€™ Mr Sidhu said.

Mr Sidhu made the remark during a rally in Ludhiana in which Rahul Gandhi declared sitting Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as Congress chief ministerial face for the ensuing Punjab polls on Sunday.

Amarinder Singh-led Punjab cabinet in June 2021 appointed Arjun Partap Singh Bajwa, son of Qadian MLA Fateh Jung Singh Bajwa, as an inspector (Group B) in Punjab Police, and Bhisham Pandey, son of Ludhiana MLA Rakesh Pandey, as Naib Tehsildar.

Amarinder Singh resigned from Congress after months of feud with Mr Sidhu and formed his own party Punjab Lok Congress Party.

Punjab Lok Congress Party is contesting the election in alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt).

Punjab will go to the polls on February 14 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10.

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Indiaโ€™s Daily Covid Cases Below 1 Lakh (83,876) After A Month

Aleesha Sam

New Delhi: Indiaโ€™s daily Covid-19 tally fell below the one-lakh mark on Monday as the third wave of the virus subsides in the country. According to the daily health bulletin by the Union ministry of health and family welfare, 83,876 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours. The overall tally now stands at 42,272,014.

With 895 related fatalities, the death toll reached 502,874 related fatalities, the data further showed.

The active caseload dropped to 11,08,938, after a reduction of 1,16,073 cases in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprises 2.62 per cent of the total infections.

The positivity rate has fallen to 7.25 per cent while the national Covid-19 recovery rate improved to 96.19 per cent, according to the ministry data. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 9.18 per cent.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,06,60,202, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.19 per cent, it said.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive have exceeded 169.63 crore.

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