Punjab Election: CM Charanjit Channi Will Lose From Chamkaur Sahib Seat, Claims Arvind Kejriwal

According to the Delhi Chief Minister, people were shocked to see crores of rupees being seized from premises linked to Charanjit Channi’s nephew.

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New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday claimed that Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi will be defeated from his Chamkaur Sahib seat in the assembly election slated to be held next month. 

He cited a party survey to corroborate his claim.

According to the Delhi Chief Minister, people were shocked to see crores of rupees being seized from premises linked to Charanjit Channi’s nephew.

“Our survey is showing that Channi ji is losing from Chamkaur Sahib. People are shocked to see on TV the ED officers counting bundles of notes,” Arvind Kejriwal wrote in a tweet.

Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi will fight the February 20 state assembly election from the Chamkaur Sahib seat.

The Aam Aadmi Party has been attacking the Chief Minister over the ED raids carried out at many places including at the premises of  his nephew.

Arvind Kejriwal had on Wednesday said that CM Channi is not a common man but a “dishonest man” as he sought to target the Congress leader over the ED raids.

The AAP convenor once again hit out at the common man image, which Channi has tried to cultivate following his elevation as the Chief Minister last year.

"Channi aam aadmi nahi, baiman aadmi hai (Channi is not a common man, he is a dishonest man)," Kejriwal had tweeted in Hindi attacking the CM on Wednesday.

Both the leaders have been delivering verbal salvos at each other, staking claim on the “Aam Aadmi” image amid the campaign phase for the Punjab assembly election.

Meanwhile, AAP leader Raghav Chadha had on Thursday asked CM Charanjit Channi to present an explanation on the recovery of huge sums of cash seized during the ED raids from the premises linked to his relative.

The ED on Wednesday had said it seized cash amounting to over Rs 10 crore, including about Rs 8 crore from a relative of Channi, during raids conducted in connection with an anti-money laundering investigation against illegal sand-mining operations in the poll-bound state.

In a statement, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had informed that “incriminating” documents related to “illegal” sand mining and property transactions, mobile phones, gold worth more than Rs 21 lakh, and a Rolex watch worth Rs 12 lakh were seized during the searches that ended on Wednesday.

CM Charanjit Channi on Wednesday accused the BJP-led Union government of hatching a conspiracy to trap him in the case in which raids were conducted by the ED at many places in Punjab.

Following this, Congress on Thursday complained to the Election Commission of India (ECI), seeking stern action against the ED officials for carrying out what the party deems as illegal and malafide raids to defame CM Channi and the incumbent state government.

(With Agency Inputs)