Congress president Rahul Gandhi will unveil his party’s Chief Ministry candidate for the
upcoming Punjab Assembly polls on February 6 in Ludhiana, the party’s state head, Harish
Chaudhary, on Friday.
In addressing the media at the party’s headquarters in the city, Chaudhary said, “Rahul
Gandhi will be speaking at an online event in Ludhiana on February 6.
At the time of the rally, he will announce his CM face.
Chaudhary stated that the decision would be taken following the feelings of Congress
employees and those living in Punjab.
“Respecting these guidelines set by the commission for elections The candidates of this
party in all of the 117 electoral constituencies will participate in the virtual rally and keep
the event in their respective locations according to the permissible limit” said
Chaudhary.
Who are the leading candidates?
The primary candidates to win the CM election for Punjab coming from Congress are
emerging as CM Charanjit Channi and Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Both were last year in the media’s attention for attempting to succeed former Punjab
CM Amarinder Singh, which resulted in his departure from the Congress party.
Sidhu also publicly criticized his co-worker Channi following his nephew, the incumbent’s
CM, which ED detained with a land mining scam.
He stated that Punjab should select a CM who has moral authority.
Charanjit is the nephew of Channi’s arrested
Chaudhary also explained his incumbent CM Charanjit Singh.
Channi’s cousin Bhupinder Singh Honey’s detention in the ED in connection with a mining
fraud involving sand stated that neither the Congress chief nor their family of his has
nothing to do with the investigation and added to the fact that BJP “always has misjudged.”
central agencies before the elections.
The central government used these tactics to pressure opposition parties before elections in
the past.
He also said to the press that CM Channi had supported farmers during the Farmers’
protests.
Chaudhary declared she believes that the Congress party, its employees, and all the
citizens of Punjab stand with chief minister Channi and will provide an appropriate response
to people using “cheap strategies” during the forthcoming Punjab Assembly elections. In addition, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the state in January and was
stranded on a flyover, CM Channi had said that he would not impose lathi on farmers.
He told his Central government was seeking revenge on the chief minister.
Punjab will be voting on the 20th of February. The count of votes will be conducted on
March 10.
