Charanjit Singh Channi will be the Congress’ chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi announced in Ludhiana.
The decision was taken days after the Congress high command had sought people’s opinion to decide its chief ministerial candidate in Punjab through IVR (Interactive Voice Response) calls.
Announcing the Congress’s CM face, Rahul Gandhi said as per the people’s suggestion, the party wanted to have a chief minister from a poor background who understands the pain of the lower classes.
“He [Channi] is from a poor family. He understands poverty and knows it deeply. And in his heart and blood there is Punjab,” Rahul Gandhi said.
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Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi thanked the Congress for announcing him as the CM candidate. “As you have seen us work so hard in the last 111 days to take Punjab forward, I assure you to take Punjab and Punjabis on the path of progress with new zeal and dedication,” Channi said.
“I thank everyone. This is a big battle which I can’t fight alone. I don’t have the money, courage to fight it. The people of Punjab will fight this battle,” Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi said after he was announced as Congress’ CM face for the Punjab Elections 2022.
(With inputs from agencies)