Amid "UP-Bihar" Row, Charanjit Channi's Counter Strike On Arvind Kejriwal

Charanjit Singh Channi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order a probe into Kumar Vishwas's allegations against Arvind Kejriwal.

Smarting from the political attack over his "UP, Bihar, Delhi de bhaiye remark", Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has launched a counter strike on his Delhi counterpart and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal over his former party colleague Kumar Vishwas's remarks.

Late yesterday night, Mr Channi shared a copy of the Election Commission's letter withdrawing the bar on broadcasting recent remarks of Mr Vishwas that have triggered a row.

In the accompanying post, the Punjab Chief Minister urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order a probe into the matter. "Politics aside, people of Punjab have paid a heavy price while fighting separatism. Hon'ble PM needs to address the worry of every Punjabi," he said in a veiled attack at Mr Kejriwal, with whom he has been trading barbs in the run-up to the Punjab polls where AAP is a prime challenger.

In a video that has now gone viral and provided Mr Kejriwal's political rivals with ammunition amid the heated campaign for Assembly polls in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, Mr Vishwas accused Mr Kejriwal of being power-hungry.