Baffling to hear Punjab Assembly poll will be contested under Sidhu, says Sunil Jakhar
The Hindu
The former State Congress chief said the move would undermine the Chief Minister’s authority.
The turmoil in the Punjab Congress seems to be far from over as party’s former State president Sunil Jakhar on Monday raised doubts about facing the upcoming Assembly election under the leadership of instead of .
Hours before the swearing-in ceremony of the Congress’s newly elected legislature leader Mr. Channi as the next Chief Minister, Mr. Jakhar said it was ‘baffling’ to hear that the Assembly election would be contested under State party chief Mr. Sidhu instead of the new Chief Minister, which he said undermined Chief Minister’s authority.
Taking to Twitter Mr. Jakhar said, “On the swearing-in day of Sh @Charnjit_channi as Chief Minister, Mr. Rawats’s statement that ‘elections will be fought under Sidhu’, is baffling. It’s likely to undermine CM’s authority but also negate the very raison d’être of his selection for this position.”
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