<p>Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, his two deputies and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu took a chartered flight to Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the expansion of the new Cabinet with the party’s central leadership, sources said.</p>.<p>The team will meet AICC general secretary Harish Rawat, who is the Punjab affairs in-charge, in Delhi, they said.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/sidhu-hails-channis-appointment-as-punjab-cm-1032592.html" target="_blank">Sidhu hails Channi's appointment as Punjab CM</a></strong></p>.<p>Sidhu uploaded a photo on Twitter showing him with Channi and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, one of the two deputy chief ministers, beside a chartered plane. “In line of duty !!” he tweeted.</p>.<p>Channi, Randhawa and the other deputy chief minister, O P Soni, were sworn in on Monday, two days after Amarinder Singh resigned as chief minister of the poll-bound state.</p>.<p>After hectic consultations, the party had picked Channi as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party.</p>.<p>Randhawa, a Jat Sikh, and Soni, a Hindu, were apparently chosen to balance the caste equations.</p>.<p>Sources said the cabinet is likely to see the induction of fresh faces after the Delhi meeting, where the probable candidates will be discussed.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/with-an-eye-on-aap-new-punjab-cm-channi-promises-free-water-reduction-in-power-tariff-1032515.html" target="_blank">With an eye on AAP, new Punjab CM Channi promises free water, reduction in power tariff </a></strong></p>.<p>There are indications that those who rallied behind Navjot Sidhu in the power tussle with Amarinder Singh will find a place in the new cabinet.</p>.<p>The names of Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Madan Lal Jalalpur, Inderbir Singh Bolaria, Gurkirat Singh Kotli, Pargat Singh and Sangat Singh Gilzian are doing the rounds.</p>.<p>Pargat Singh, considered close to Sidhu, is at present the Punjab Congress general secretary and Gilzian is a working president of the party's state unit.</p>.<p>There is speculation whether Amarinder Singh- loyalists -- like Gurmit Singh Sodhi, who was the sports minister, and Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, who held the ministry of social justice -- would retain their positions.</p>.<p>Channi himself was part of the group of ministers who constantly targeted Amarinder Singh, making it clear that they were part of the Sidhu camp.</p>.<p>Shortly before the swearing of the three ministers on Monday, Harish Rawat triggered a row by suggesting that the coming assembly elections will be fought under Sidhu’s leadership.</p>.<p>Former state Congress chief Sunil Jakhar, who was at one stage also seen as a CM candidate, said the “baffling” remark would undermine the new CM’s authority.</p>.<p>In a damage-control exercise, the Congress then said both Channi and Sidhu will lead the fight in the next election. </p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest DH videos:</strong></p>
<p>Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, his two deputies and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu took a chartered flight to Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the expansion of the new Cabinet with the party’s central leadership, sources said.</p>.<p>The team will meet AICC general secretary Harish Rawat, who is the Punjab affairs in-charge, in Delhi, they said.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/sidhu-hails-channis-appointment-as-punjab-cm-1032592.html" target="_blank">Sidhu hails Channi's appointment as Punjab CM</a></strong></p>.<p>Sidhu uploaded a photo on Twitter showing him with Channi and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, one of the two deputy chief ministers, beside a chartered plane. “In line of duty !!” he tweeted.</p>.<p>Channi, Randhawa and the other deputy chief minister, O P Soni, were sworn in on Monday, two days after Amarinder Singh resigned as chief minister of the poll-bound state.</p>.<p>After hectic consultations, the party had picked Channi as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party.</p>.<p>Randhawa, a Jat Sikh, and Soni, a Hindu, were apparently chosen to balance the caste equations.</p>.<p>Sources said the cabinet is likely to see the induction of fresh faces after the Delhi meeting, where the probable candidates will be discussed.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/with-an-eye-on-aap-new-punjab-cm-channi-promises-free-water-reduction-in-power-tariff-1032515.html" target="_blank">With an eye on AAP, new Punjab CM Channi promises free water, reduction in power tariff </a></strong></p>.<p>There are indications that those who rallied behind Navjot Sidhu in the power tussle with Amarinder Singh will find a place in the new cabinet.</p>.<p>The names of Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Madan Lal Jalalpur, Inderbir Singh Bolaria, Gurkirat Singh Kotli, Pargat Singh and Sangat Singh Gilzian are doing the rounds.</p>.<p>Pargat Singh, considered close to Sidhu, is at present the Punjab Congress general secretary and Gilzian is a working president of the party's state unit.</p>.<p>There is speculation whether Amarinder Singh- loyalists -- like Gurmit Singh Sodhi, who was the sports minister, and Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, who held the ministry of social justice -- would retain their positions.</p>.<p>Channi himself was part of the group of ministers who constantly targeted Amarinder Singh, making it clear that they were part of the Sidhu camp.</p>.<p>Shortly before the swearing of the three ministers on Monday, Harish Rawat triggered a row by suggesting that the coming assembly elections will be fought under Sidhu’s leadership.</p>.<p>Former state Congress chief Sunil Jakhar, who was at one stage also seen as a CM candidate, said the “baffling” remark would undermine the new CM’s authority.</p>.<p>In a damage-control exercise, the Congress then said both Channi and Sidhu will lead the fight in the next election. </p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest DH videos:</strong></p>