Who is the ‘Captain’ of Congress in Punjab elections?: Sidhu and Channi intensify for CM chair; in favor of declaration of both names

Who will be the ‘Captain’ of Congress in Punjab Assembly Elections? The Congress high command may have to tell this. If the government is formed after the elections, will CM Charanjit Channi remain or will Punjab Congress chief Navjot Sidhu take over the chair? The battle over this has intensified. The special thing is that not only Sidhu, CM Channi also wants the Congress high command to announce it.

In 2017, Congress had announced the name of Captain Amarinder Singh. However, then this political gamble was to defeat the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). It was a battle of Bahri vs Punjabi. Congress was also successful in this bet. This time AAP will make Punjabi and Sikh face as CM candidate, so the challenges ahead of Congress are more than that.

The entire election campaign of the Congress in 2017 revolved around Captain Amarinder Singh.

CM Channi said: We had benefited from the name of Captain
Punjab’s current Congress CM Charanjit Channi said in an interview that Congress should announce its CM face. When Captain Amarinder Singh’s name was announced in 2017, we won. Before that we could not win elections without face. The CM even claimed that Pratap Singh Bajwa was the party chief at that time. Despite this, he stood by the captain, because people wanted the captain to become the CM. I also told Rahul Gandhi that people are in favor of Captain. The party declared the name of Captain after conducting a survey. This time also whomever people want will be the CM face.

This photo of Navjot Sidhu and Charanjit Channi is from when the announcement was made to make Channi the CM.

Sidhu also wants ‘Captain’ style
Earlier, Punjab Congress President Navjot Sidhu also showed the style of Captain Amarinder Singh. Just like last time, voting was done in favor of Congress to make Amarinder CM. Similarly, Sidhu wants people to directly elect the CM face through MLAs. That’s why he is saying that the CM will not decide the Congress high command, but the people will decide. Clearly, he wants that in the name of CM face, there should be voting in favor of Congress in Punjab.

This time the name of Jakhar and Bajwa also
There is a direct political tussle between Navjot Sidhu and Charanjit Channi for the CM face. However, important names in this are also former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar and MP Pratap Singh Bajwa. Whenever the Congress high command announces the CM face, both these names will also be in mind. The reason for this is that the Congress wanted Jakhar to be the CM only after the removal of the Captain, but his card was cut off saying that he was a Sikh state. Pratap Bajwa has also returned from the center to state politics, in which he is saying that the approval of the high command is there. In such a situation, his claim for the CM chair is also being considered.