AAP hits back at Cong over Rahul Gandhi's remote control remarks

Opposition parties in the state have been attacking CM Mann, claiming that his government is being remote controlled by AAP national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab has attacked Rahul Gandhi over his allegation that the government in the state was being remote controlled, saying the Congress used to summon former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi often to Delhi.

On Thursday, Mr. Gandhi at a rally in Pathankot had alleged that the Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab was being run with a remote control as he sought to point towards AAP MP Raghav Chadha for calling the shots in the state.

Opposition parties in the state have been attacking CM Mann, claiming that his government is being remote controlled by AAP national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

"Congress' 52-year-old youth @RahulGandhi ji eats almonds, your memory has become weak!" the AAP's Punjab unit tweeted late Thursday night after Mr. Gandhi rally, which was a part of the Congress' Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra.

The Gandhi family used to often summon the then Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and he used to go to Delhi, the party said in its tweet in Hindi.

The Punjab Congress on Friday hit back saying, "It is not about the Delhi visits, it is about the fact that people from Delhi have offices in the Punjab secretariat and are dictating terms".

"By the way, what happened to @raghav_chadha appointment letter? Him not getting any post in @PunjabGovtIndia doesn't seem to have stopped him," the party's state unit tweeted.