Navjot Singh Sidhu told India Today on Friday that the Congress can win 70 seats in Punjab if the party takes the right decision on its chief ministerial candidate. “Who am I to give clarity on the party’s chief ministerial face. The high command will give clarity,” he said.
Punjab Congress leader Harish Chaudhary said in a press conference on Friday that the party will announce its chief ministerial candidate for Punjab on February 6. It will be announced by the former president of the party. Rahul GandhiChowdhary told reporters.
In an exclusive interview, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said the “real challenges” would emerge after the counting day – March 10.
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He further said that ultimately the people of Punjab will decide whether they want to give 60 seats to the Congress party or not. [majority mark], “There cannot be a chief minister without 60 MLAs. It is like putting a cart before a horse,” Sidhu said.
Referring to the last assembly elections, Dr. Navjot Singh Sidhu He said that the campaign of the Congress party in Punjab was being led by a single person (Captain Amarinder Singh).
“Either you have a bigger issue or a face. These are the two things that always inspire [a party to power],” he told India Today, “good intentions die until they are executed.”
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He further said, “The face is important because the chief minister has absolute power. As a chief minister, anyone can change the lives of the people of Punjab or rob them, like Captain Amarinder Singh or Badal.”
When asked about the Congress party’s campaign led by him and Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi, Sidhu said, “Channi may run the trailer which he has done but it is up to the high command to decide who will run the entire film.” Is.
“People of Punjab will decide who will be the hero of the film.”
Navjot Singh Sidhu also said that he and his family never did politics for power.
The cricketer-turned-politician said, “I don’t have money for my daughter’s wedding, but I can stand tall in the society and say that Navjot Singh Sidhu hasn’t sold his conscience.”
Responding to a question whether he or his wife would take a step back from politics if the Congress party’s decisions did not go in his favour, Sidhu told India Today, “I have no business. If things don’t go according to us. one of us will have to step back and take care of the family.”