Chandigarh: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday questioned Congress in Punjab over its electoral tactics ahead of the assembly elections in the state. Angling towards the infighting within Congress, Kejriwal asked why the name of Sunil Jakhar, the former president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, was not considered as a Chief Ministerial Candidate.
"Congress is asking people in Punjab to choose between Channi ji and Sidhu ji as the CM face. Why did Congress not include Jakhar ji's name?", Kejriwal tweeted out earlier on Thursday.
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कांग्रेस पंजाब में लोगों को चन्नी जी और सिधु जी में से एक को CM चेहरा चुनने को कह रही है। कांग्रेस ने जाखड़ जी का नाम क्यों नहीं शामिल किया?
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 3, 2022 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">कांग्रेस पंजाब में लोगों को चन्नी जी और सिधु जी में से एक को CM चेहरा चुनने को कह रही है। कांग्रेस ने जाखड़ जी का नाम क्यों नहीं शामिल किया?
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 3, 2022कांग्रेस पंजाब में लोगों को चन्नी जी और सिधु जी में से एक को CM चेहरा चुनने को कह रही है। कांग्रेस ने जाखड़ जी का नाम क्यों नहीं शामिल किया?
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 3, 2022
The Delhi CM's tweet comes after a significant reveal by Jakhar of late, where he had stated that out of 79 Congress MLAs in the state, 42 had voted for him in an internal referendum, with only two voting for CM Charanjit Channi. Despite this, Channi became the Chief Minister.
On the other hand, Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Raghav Chadha made a serious allegation on Thursday, saying that Jakhar was not selected as a Chief Ministerial candidate because he was Hindu.
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"Sunil Jakhar Saab is being treated as a second-class citizen by Congress. Excluding him from the list of CM candidates probably merely because he's a Hindu reveals the deep-rooted communal politics of Congress. His competence & experience is sacrificed at the altar of religious politics", Chadha tweeted out on Thursday, while retweeting Kejriwal's comment.
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Sunil Jakhar Saab is being treated as a second class citizen by Congress. Excluding him from list of CM candidate probables merely because he's a Hindu reveals deep-rooted communal politics of Congress. His competence & experience is sacrificed at the alter of religious politics. https://t.co/7IyU3F1Lab pic.twitter.com/s4Ljmn6BN2
— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) February 3, 2022 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Sunil Jakhar Saab is being treated as a second class citizen by Congress. Excluding him from list of CM candidate probables merely because he's a Hindu reveals deep-rooted communal politics of Congress. His competence & experience is sacrificed at the alter of religious politics. https://t.co/7IyU3F1Lab pic.twitter.com/s4Ljmn6BN2
— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) February 3, 2022Sunil Jakhar Saab is being treated as a second class citizen by Congress. Excluding him from list of CM candidate probables merely because he's a Hindu reveals deep-rooted communal politics of Congress. His competence & experience is sacrificed at the alter of religious politics. https://t.co/7IyU3F1Lab pic.twitter.com/s4Ljmn6BN2
— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) February 3, 2022
He further claimed that Congress wanted to sow 'seeds of hatred' in Punjab.
Speculations have erupted following Jakhar's comments, which came during the election rallies.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal, meanwhile, has suggested Jakhar resign, noting that the latter has been "pushed around by the Congress".
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