Till last week, the top leadership in the Congress was bound by Punjab unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu’s request to declare the chief minister’s face for the upcoming 2022 Punjab elections. not anymore. The incumbent Charanjit Singh Channi has helped the Gandhi family see the bigger picture from the recent fight over a breach in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security in Ferozepur.
Party sources say it was Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s idea to elect a Dalit leader as chief minister in September, when Captain Amarinder Singh was ousted from the top post. The idea was that Sidhu could invest time and resources in keeping the herd together after the imminent exit of the Captain.
But as the days passed, it became clear that Sidhu and Channi are unlikely to tie the knot. while it is common for Punjab Congress This time both are campaigning separately for lack of a common goal, in order to reach a wider audience for not campaigning for Mukhiya and Chief Minister together. Both see themselves as the CM face of the party.
Since last week, the scales have shifted in Chaney’s favor. Fighting back, he threw the ball back into the BJP’s court, alleging that his government had compromised Modi’s security when the PM’s convoy got stuck amid a blockade of farmers on a flyover on the Moga-Firozpur highway.
Channi reportedly told Priyanka Gandhi about the facts and said the BJP had alleged a security threat due to “poor voting” at an election rally that Modi was about to address. After the breach in security, the PM returned without attending the rally.
Sources say the Congress then decided to follow Channi’s line and changed its stance from a statement of “sorry” to attack the BJP over the hot issue.
The story goes beyond Channi’s attack on the BJP. His tough stance, public engagement and clicked playing the ‘Punjabiat’ card. Since taking power, Channi has learned the art of playing in the gallery, from helping road accident victims to meeting protesters. Internal surveys suggest that Channi’s stock has risen in the last few days. Once Sidhu was late in replying.
Congress sources say that Sidhu has now been told that he alone will not decide on ticket distribution. Punjab Election 2022A significant victory for the Channi camp.
But the Gandhi family does not want to oppose Sidhu or Channi supporters at this time. It is possible that when tickets are distributed, the party will discuss the CM arrangement alternately with Channi and Sidhu. For now, the high command is okay with a one-off game between the CM and the Punjab Congress chief, as long as the party is not going to pay the price.
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