Congress’ campaign committee chief Sunil Kumar Jakhar is on a foreign tour of Punjab, while elections are due in the state in a few weeks and the party is yet to finalize the candidates. A source close to the former state president of the party gave this information. Jakhar left the country on Wednesday after attending the screening committee meeting in Delhi. Sources close to him also said that he decided to go abroad as meetings of the Congress Central Election Committee would be virtual anyway due to the third wave of the pandemic.
As the Indian Express reports, a Congress leader expressed concern about the campaign chief’s absence, he said, when state party president Navjot Singh Sidhu has apparently been at loggerheads with Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi. There is a competition among all the parties for the chief minister’s chair. This will be difficult with the campaign committee chief being away. Even if the cases of Kovid are increasing, then the chief should remain on the ground. The physical absence of a leader will surely badly affect the morale of the workers.
Consensus not yet reached on 117 candidates
He further said, ‘The meetings of the Screening Committee are also to be held because so far 117 candidates have not been agreed. This will be a long lasting task ahead. Jakhar had hit out at his own party’s government as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally had to be canceled due to farmers’ protests along the way.
Sunil Jakhar’s tweet
According to the report, while tweeting on Wednesday, he said, what happened today is not acceptable. It is against Punjab. A safe passage should have been ensured for the Prime Minister of India to address the BJP political rally in Ferozepur. This is how democracy works. And two days after the Congress decided not to hold any rallies in poll-bound states in view of the pandemic, Sidhu is holding a rally in Barnala on Thursday. His media team said that he would reach there in no time and despite the bad weather there would be a huge crowd of people.
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