Punjab polls: Congress bats for Charanjit Singh Channi as CM candidate
Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: The Congress seems to be backing Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi in the sweepstakes for the chief ministerial candidate in poll-bound Punjab with the party officially tweeting a video in which actor Sonu Sood states that the "real chief minister is the one who does not have to tell he is the chief ministerial candidate".
The video has footage of the Chief Minister Channi taking part in various events and comes amid an apparent tussle between Channi and Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu for being declared the Chief Ministerial candidate ahead of Punjab assembly polls. Sidhu, who has been talking of changing "the system," is not seen in the campaign video.
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Actor Sonu Sood, whose sister Malvika Sood, has been declared Congress candidate from Moga, says in the video that the "real chief minister, the real king is the one who has to be forcibly brought to the chair and who does not have to struggle for it."
'The real chief minister, the real king is the one who has to forcibly bring to the chair and who does not have to struggle for it and does not have to state that I am CM candidate, I deserve it. He should be such a backbencher, who is brought from behind and told that you deserve it. Such a chief minister can bring change in the country," Sonu Sood says in the video.
"Punjab is saying that now we are with hand (Congress poll symbol), we will strengthen it," the party said in the tweet. The party has not declared a chief ministerial candidate.
Channi was picked up by Congress leadership after Capt Amarinder Singh resigned as Chief Minister in September last year and the parting of ways was bitter.
Amid seeming tussle in Punjab Congress over the declaration of chief ministerial candidate ahead of assembly polls, Sidhu had said on Thursday last that he is "not running for any post" and took a swipe at the "system" which, he said, "could not give justice" in sacrilege and drugs cases.
Sidhu in his tweets seemingly threatened the party's government in the state and also the party's central leadership which has made decisions concerning Punjab leadership over the past five years. He also alleged that the glory of Punjab has been "annihilated by the nexus of few political leaders and mafia". Punjab Assembly elections 2022 will now go to the polls on February 20 and the ruling Congress in Punjab faces internal challenges apart from a multi-cornered contest. Also Read | Punjab Assembly elections 2022: BJP candidates' list to be out before Jan 21 -PTC Newsबोल रहा पंजाब, अब पंजे के साथ- मजबूत करेंगे हर हाथ। pic.twitter.com/qQOZpnKItd — Congress (@INCIndia) January 17, 2022
