The Congress has bet on Charanjit Singh Channi as its chief ministerial candidate for the February 20 Punjab elections aiming to strengthen its pledge for Scheduled Caste empowerment in the state and the nation.
Thee announcement was made by Rahul Gandhi in presence PPCC President Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sunil Jhakhar and other members of the Congress party.
The moment Rahul Gandhi, who was in Ludhiana to address a virtual rally, made public the chief ministerial face, cheers erupted from the listening crowd.Sidhu has been saying that he would abide by the party high command’s decision with a rider that the choice of the candidate should be on the basis of honesty and not seen as part of the mafia.Amid the argument till the last moment that no one should be announced the chief ministerial face as it will give handle to the Opposition and demoralise the leader left out. Sidhu had said 60 MLAs will be needed to form the government and people will vote only for the CM candidate with a clean image.
