Name CM face: Sukhbir Badal to Congress

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal today dared the Congress to name its chief ministerial candidate even as he maintained CM Charanjit Singh Channi had lost the trust of not only the people but also the state party leadership. He promised the setting up of a Kandi area development ministry if the SAD-BSP alliance formed government in the state.

Talking to mediapersons here after addressing two public meetings in favour of Mohinder Singh Sandhar at Sham Chaurasi and Varinder Singh Parihar in Hoshiarpur, the SAD chief said there was a free for all in the state Congress over its CM face ahead of the polls.

“Channi wants to stick onto the chair but the party leadership does not regard him as a bona fide CM. PCC chief Navjot Sidhu is disrespecting Channi every day,” he said.Speaking about those who had left the SAD to join the BJP, Sukhbir said: “They will lose their security deposits… we will not take back any of these backstabbers.” — OC