Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 19: In the midst of a squabble over the Congress party’s chief ministerial candidate in Punjab, Harish Choudhary, the state Congress in-charge, declared on Wednesday that the party will run in the forthcoming assembly elections under the collective leadership.
According to Choudhary, the Congress will get more seats than it did in the 2017 Assembly elections.
“The party takes every issue raised by Sidhu seriously. The party has decided for the time being that Congress will contest the elections in Punjab under the collective leadership. At present, Charanjit Singh Channi is the Chief Minister of the Congress Party and as the Chief Minister, he will participate in the election campaign across Punjab,” said Harish Choudhary.
“Congress has three prominent faces in Punjab such as Charanjit Singh Channi, Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sunil Jakhar. In 111 days, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has taken historic decisions focused on public welfare. So Congress is going to win more seats in 2022 than in 2017,” he added.
Refusing any difference of opinion between Sidhu and CM Charanjit Channi, Chaudhary stated “everything is okay” within the party.
When asked about Bhagwant Mann’s selection as the Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial candidate, he responded, “The Aam Aadmi Party has previously admitted that they do not have a foundation of support in Punjab. Their call responsiveness is in question as well. All of the phone replies and call data must be preserved in the public domain, according to Congress.”
Notably, Punjab will hold its assembly elections on February 20. On March 10th, the votes will be counted.
