New Delhi: While Charanjit Singh Channi has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab, the BJP has targeted the Congress for electing him to the post. The BJP on Sunday took a dig at the Congress over Punjab chief minister-designate Charanjit Singh Channi, citing alleged allegations that he had sent an inappropriate text to an IAS officer in 2018.
According to a PTI report, the BJP has alleged that Channi was nominated 3 years ago under the #MeToo campaign and the matter was hidden.
BJP leader Amit Malviya, who heads its IT department, tweeted, “Congress CM Charanjit Channi to face action in 3-year-old MeToo case. He allegedly slapped a woman IAS officer in 2018 with an unfair The text was sent. It was covered. But the matter came to the fore when the Punjab Women’s Commission sent a notice. Well done, Rahul.”
The issue resurfaced in May this year when the Punjab women’s panel chief threatened to go on a hunger strike if she failed to apprise the state government within a week of her stand on the “inappropriate text” message allegedly sent by Channi. Gave. Amarinder Singh is a minister in the government.
Punjab Women’s Commission chairperson Manisha Gulati had said that she has written a letter to the Chief Secretary seeking a report on the action taken by the government. “When the state chief secretary is a woman, a national party president is a woman, how can a woman IAS officer not get justice?
Following the 2018 allegation against Channi, the Punjab Commission for Women had taken cognizance of the matter and even then sought the government’s stand.
At the time, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had asked Channi to apologize to the woman officer and said that he believed the matter was “resolved” to his satisfaction.
Amit Malviya took another jibe at the Congress in a separate tweet, saying, “In the last few days, Congress in Rajasthan introduced a Bill to register child marriage, legitimize it and rob young girls from their growing up years. Passed it, and now elevated a MeToo. Accused as Chief Minister of Punjab. Let’s wait for Rahul Gandhi to preach on women empowerment.”
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