Punjab CM Channi does a Navjot Sidhu, backs Daman Bajwa for Sunam

A day after Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Navjot Singh Sidhu announced Ashwani Sekhri as party candidate from Batala, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi declared Daman Bajwa’s candidature from Sunam, though indirectly.

Channi even invoked senior party leader Rahul Gandhi to make his announcement stronger in favour of Daman. “Last time when she got the ticket, she did not get time to campaign and lost. But Rahul Gandhi then said she would win next time. Today after seeing such a huge gathering I am elated that you have confirmed that this time Daman would win,” said CM Channi.

In fact, he went a step further and requested all to help her as “she has determination to serve people of the area”. Transport Minister Amrinder Singh Raja Warring also sought ticket for Daman from the CM.

In Mansa, CM Channi said AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal was an outsider but projecting himself on posters as a leader of Punjab which the Punjabis wouldn’t tolerate.

He dared “the common man to explain his stay in costliest hotels during his visits to the state”. He further said Badals wouldn’t be spared as they had looted the state for their personal gains. — TNS