Punjab Election: CM Charanjit Channi Will Lose From Both Constituencies, Claims Arvind Kejriwal

AAP Punjab's chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann also attacked Congress saying that when its leaders cannot contest elections together, what good future will they give to Punjab.

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday claimed that incumbent Punjab Chief Minister is losing from both the constituencies that he is contesting in.

Congress has fielded Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi from his home turf Chamkaur Sahib in Rupnagar and Bhadaur in Barnala in the February 20 assembly polls.

While addressing the media in Amritsar, Arvind Kejriwal said: "We have conducted surveys thrice. In all the three surveys, the Aam Aadmi Party was ahead in both the seats".

He claimed that according to the survey, in Chamkaur Sahib, Channi is liked by 35 per cent people and 52 per cent of people chose the AAP, PTI reported.

On the other hand, in Bhadaur, the second constituency from where CM Channi is contesting, 48 per cent of people liked the AAP candidate while Channi was liked by only 30 per cent of people, the Delhi Chief Minister added.

He further remarked that the incumbent Punjab Chief Minister will remain only a chief ministerial face of the Congress.

According to the AAP leader, when CM Channi loses from both seats, he will not be elected as an MLA and thereby not eligible to become chief minister.

"Punjab is facing repercussions of constant tussle for power amongst Congressmen and that is why people will not trust them," Arvind Kejriwal said.

"We (AAP) are making plans for the next five years for the development of Punjab with our leaders, workers, and people of Punjab. The Congress has become a circus. The people of Punjab are not going to vote for the one who runs the circus," he added.

Congress cannot give a stable government to Punjab: Bhagwant Mann

AAP Punjab's chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann also attacked Congress saying that when its leaders cannot contest elections together, what good future will they give to Punjab.

Bhagwant Mann stressed that there was a tussle between several Congress leaders.

Congress candidate Amarinder Singh Raja Warring has accused Finance Minister Manpreet Badal of trying to defeat him, he claimed.

Former chief minister Amarinder Singh's wife Preneet Kaur, who is currently a Congress MP, is campaigning against the Congress candidate for her husband from Patiala seat, Mann said.

Similarly, Chief Minister Channi's brother is contesting against the Congress candidate from Bassi Pathana, he stated.

The son of Congress government minister Rana Gurjit Singh is contesting elections as an Independent candidate from Sultanpur Lodhi assembly constituency and for that Rana Gurjit is campaigning against the Congress candidate there.

According to the AAP MP, Congress leaders do not care about the public and their issues and their only aim is to keep themselves and their family in power by any means possible.

"Congress cannot give a stable government to Punjab. Even after coming to power, they will continue to fight amongst themselves like this. Voting for the Congress means compromising the future of Punjab," he alleged, as quoted by PTI.

The AAP CM face emphasised that Punjab needs a stable and strong government, saying: "The entire AAP team is united for the development of Punjab, he said claiming that the AAP will give a stable, strong and honest government to Punjab and make the state prosperous again".

(With Agency Inputs)