Punjab: Harish Rawat says Sidhu will lead in polls, Jakhar dismisses Sikhs speak

On Sunday, whereas speaking to ANI after Channi was elected to the CM’s submit, AICC normal secretary in-charge of Punjab, Rawat had mentioned that the Congress face for the upcoming meeting elections within the state shall be determined by the Congress President. . In these circumstances, the election shall be fought from the Chief Minister’s cupboard underneath the Punjab Congress Committee, whose head is Navjot Singh Sidhu, who may be very widespread.

On Monday, former Punjab PCC chief Sunil Jakhar, who was named among the many CM probables, took a dig at Rawat for his remarks, tweeting, “On the day of @Charnjit_channi’s swearing-in as Chief Minister, Mr Rawat’s statement that ” The elections shall be fought underneath Sidhu’s management”, is stunning. This is prone to undermine the authority of the CM, however can even negate the ‘ration d’etre’ of his choice for the submit.

AICC communications division head Randeep Surjewala mentioned in an effort to do harm management train, “I simply spoke to Harish Rawat a couple of minutes in the past. He instructed me that some associates couldn’t see his assertion from the appropriate angle.

“He had mentioned that our Chief Minister is Charanjit Singh Channi. Our state Congress President is Navjot Singh Sidhu… That’s why Sidhu is main the group and Channi is main and is the face of Congress authorities. He will battle Punjab elections together with different leaders and our staff. “This is the reality and the truth,” he mentioned.

Meanwhile, the rift within the occasion over the number of the chief minister widened on Monday when Jakhar took on Rajya Sabha MP Ambika Soni, whose suggestion of a Sikh CM for the state was seen as sabotaging Jakhar’s probabilities. .

Soni had on Sunday mentioned that he was supplied the submit of CM, however he turned it down as he believed that Punjab ought to have a Sikh as CM.

Without naming Soni, Jakhar mentioned, “Making this Hindu vs Sikh issue is an insult to Punjab, which is so secular in character. We have suffered a lot in the state. After a lot of effort it is back to normal.”

Apologizing to “such leaders”, Jakhar mentioned, “You may have personal enmity, you take it out on me. But please don’t smear the name of Punjab… Your real face has been exposed…”

Describing Rawat’s remarks in Lucknow after Jakhar’s tweet was “shocking”, Mayawati, whose BSP has allied with the Shiromani Akali Dal for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections, took a dig on the Congress, saying she was “in the middle of the media”. It has been realized from the medium that the meeting elections in Punjab shall be fought underneath the management of a non-Dalit chief.

He mentioned, “Making a Dalit as the Chief Minister is nothing but an election stunt… Dalits need to be very careful about the double standards of the Congress. I am sure that the Dalits of Punjab will not fall for this stunt.”

The BJP, which is operating on the again foot within the state because of the agricultural motion, additionally focused the Congress. “For seven many years, the Congress sidelined Dalits, who make up 34 per cent of the inhabitants. BJP nationwide normal secretary Tarun Chugh mentioned, “They are now trying to exploit a Dalit by appointing him as a night-watchman.”

Hitting out on the BJP, Akali Dal, BSP and AAP, Surjewala mentioned they attacked Channi’s candidature “unfairly, shamelessly and with regret”.

“Can I ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi that you’ve been in energy for seven years… You and your allies are in energy in additional than a dozen states, have you ever ever appointed a Dalit because the BJP chief minister? No, Channi is the one Dalit Chief Minister of Congress. Channi is the one Dalit Chief Minister of India as we speak. The different two chief ministers that the Congress occasion has come from backward courses, whether or not in Rajasthan or Chhattisgarh. This is the social justice that the Congress occasion is emulating.”