Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Former Punjab CM Channi Takes MA Exam Amid Congress Meeting
Charanjit Singh Channi is a politician and former chief minister of Punjab.
On Thursday, he went to Panjab University to take an exam.
The subject was public administration, which is about how governments work.
Because of the exam, he missed an important Congress meeting in Delhi.
Channi has already earned several degrees.
He also completed a PhD about Congress organization and election strategies.
He became chief minister in 2021 but served for only a few months.
Congress lost the 2022 Punjab election, and Channi lost both seats he contested.
He later returned to Parliament after winning the Jalandhar seat in 2024.
Former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi sat for a master’s examination in public administration at Panjab University on Thursday.
The examination kept Channi away from a Congress Working Committee meeting in Delhi ahead of Punjab’s Assembly elections.
Security personnel accompanied Channi but remained outside the examination centre while he wrote the paper with other students.
Channi already holds degrees in law, business administration, political science and a PhD in political science from Panjab University.
After losing both seats he contested in the 2022 Punjab election, Channi returned to Parliament by winning Jalandhar in 2024.
- Who
- Former Punjab chief minister and Congress Lok Sabha member Charanjit Singh Channi.
- What
- He sat for a master’s examination in public administration at Panjab University.
- When
- Thursday morning; the examination was scheduled to continue until 12:30 p.m.
- Where
- Panjab University; the Congress Working Committee meeting was held in Delhi.
- Why
- He is pursuing a master’s course in public administration; the articles do not state a more specific reason.
- Examinee
- Charanjit Singh Channi, 63
- Examination
- Master’s paper in public administration
- University
- Panjab University
- Political meeting missed
- Congress Working Committee meeting in Delhi
- Previous office
- Punjab chief minister from September 2021 until the 2022 Assembly election
- 2022 election result
- Channi lost from Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur, while Congress lost power in Punjab
- 2024 political return
- He won the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat for Congress