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Amarinder Punjab Cong chief; Soni to lead campaign panel for 2017 polls

November 27, 2015

New Delhi, Nov 27: Former chief minister Amarinder Singh has been appointed as the new Punjab Congress president, replacing Pratap Singh Bajwa, whose resignation was accepted by party president Sonia Gandhi yesterday.amrinder 9

A release issued by AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said that "the Congress president has appointed Capt Amarinder Singh, MP, as president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee with immediate effect".

The move is "consequent to the resignation of Sardar Pratap Singh Bajwa from the presidentship" of the Punjab unit of the party, the release added.

Further, as part of Punjab Congress's restructuring, senior party leader and former Union minister Ambika Soni has been appointed the chairperson of its Campaign Committee for the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections.

Also, former minister Lal Singh, a prominent OBC face in the state, will be the new senior vice-president of its state unit while Dalit leader Sadhu Singh Dharamsot will be the vice -chairman of the Campaign Committee.

Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu, the grandson of former state chief minister Beant Singh, has been appointed as the convener of the Campaign Committee.
Further appointments will be made shortly, Dwivedi's statement added.

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June 23,2020

New Delhi, Jun 23: The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted bail to Jamia student Safoora Zargar, who is pregnant and was arrested under anti-terror law UAPA in a case related to communal violence in northeast Delhi during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, as Solicitor General Tushar Mehta did not oppose it on humanitarian grounds.

At the outset of the hearing, Mehta, representing Delhi Police, submitted that Zargar can be released on regular bail on humanitarian grounds and the decision has not been taken on merits of the case and should not be made a precedent.

Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who conducted the hearing through video conferencing, released Zargar, who is 23-week pregnant, on bail on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 10,000 and surety of like amount.

The court said she shall not indulge in any activity for which she has been charged with and shall not hamper the investigation or influence the witnesses.

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