JALANDHAR: Claiming that chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi has done an “exceedingly outstanding job” in the last three months, technical education minister Rana Gurjit Singh has said that raising a question mark about his continuation as the CM after party returns to power can prove to be suicidal.
“The issue of chief ministership was already settled for the Congress in Punjab, three months back and there is no need for any further debates or discussions about it,” Rana said in a statement issued here on Monday.
He regretted that confusing signals were being circulated about the fate of the CM when he was leading from the front and that too when elections had already been announced.
“When you already have a Chief Minister, who is doing a great job, why put a question mark about his continuation after winning the elections,” he asked, while adding, “it will be unfair to Charanjit Singh Channi to make him lead the party in elections and then keep suspense about his position in future.”
“It will not only be political unwise but suicidal to raise put question marks about his continuing as CM after winning the elections under his leadership. When you have ‘tried and tested’ Chief Minister, who proved his mettle in a brief period of three months, why do you want to experiment with someone unknown and untested?” he asked, while urging the party high command to set all speculations to rest by making Channi’s position clear, which will be in the interest of the party.
Notably, Rana Gurjit Singh is a known detractor of Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu and has been taking pot-shots on him.
“The issue of chief ministership was already settled for the Congress in Punjab, three months back and there is no need for any further debates or discussions about it,” Rana said in a statement issued here on Monday.
He regretted that confusing signals were being circulated about the fate of the CM when he was leading from the front and that too when elections had already been announced.
“When you already have a Chief Minister, who is doing a great job, why put a question mark about his continuation after winning the elections,” he asked, while adding, “it will be unfair to Charanjit Singh Channi to make him lead the party in elections and then keep suspense about his position in future.”
“It will not only be political unwise but suicidal to raise put question marks about his continuing as CM after winning the elections under his leadership. When you have ‘tried and tested’ Chief Minister, who proved his mettle in a brief period of three months, why do you want to experiment with someone unknown and untested?” he asked, while urging the party high command to set all speculations to rest by making Channi’s position clear, which will be in the interest of the party.
Notably, Rana Gurjit Singh is a known detractor of Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu and has been taking pot-shots on him.
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