Jalandhar: A month after the ouster of Captain Amarinder Singh from power Punjab It seems that Charanjit Singh Channi, who replaced him in the Chief Minister’s Office, and the new cabinet, have not done much on key issues. Apart from making some popular announcements and focusing on their respective constituencies, as elections are only three months away, the new government has hardly moved on on matters that led to tensions between Amarinder and Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu.
After Channi became the first Scheduled Caste Sikh CM of Punjab, he is doing everything possible to present himself as the Chief Minister of the common man with some simple talk, narrating tales of his modest background, a newly married The couple gestures like ‘shagun’ and eats food. modest houses. Channi ensures photo opportunities to appear as the grassroots, accessible and hardworking Chief Minister.
This is in stark contrast to the image of Captain Amarinder Singh, who was addressed as ‘Maharaja Saheb’ by ministers, MLAs and his companions, and was considered inaccessible. In the last one month, the Congress government has announced to waive off the electricity bills of those who have electricity connections up to 2 kilowatts. The move will cost the exchequer Rs 1,200 crore.
In this, it has also been decided to waive all pending water bills in rural and urban areas and to levy a monthly flat rate of Rs 50 per connection. There will be no water charges for houses of plot size less than 125 square yards. Read the tax payers, the government will have to pay an additional bill of Rs 1900 crore for this. Channi has also decided to give property rights to residents of houses within ‘Lal Dora’ in about 12,000 villages and cities of the state. These exemptions and concessions are likely to impact a large section of the people.
While Punjab is already facing financial crunch, it has not seen progress on the 18-point agenda given by the party high command to Channi’s predecessor. After all, the reason for removing Amarinder was his performance on these issues. Later, Sidhu gave “five high priority points” and again got 13 points from the 18-point agenda given by the high command. The most prominent of these are: justice in cases of sacrilege and police firing, drugs, illegal mining and power purchase agreements (PPAs) with private power producers.
Channi has avoided any reference to these 18-point agenda or five issues of high propriety, even though he had promised justice in cases of sacrilege when he took office. Channi was among those Congress leaders who used these issues to oust Amarinder from the CM office. At the same time, the appointment of former DGP Sumedh Saini’s lawyer APS Deol as Advocate General of Punjab by Channi created a big controversy after which Sidhu also announced his resignation.
The worst part is that the coordination between the working of the party and the government is still not visible. The strained relationship between the CM and the Punjab Congress President is now a public knowledge. On Sunday, Sidhu again underlined that he would stick to the “real issues”, despite the two meeting almost a week ago. Contrary to the CM’s earlier claim, based on Finance Minister Manpreet Badal’s claim that there is no paucity of funds, Sidhu spoke of combating the financial emergency by keeping Punjab in the fore.
Others attacking Amarinder, Channi silent
When Navjot Sidhu, Deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Ministers Pargat Singh and Amarinder Singh Raja Warring are targeting Captain Amarinder Singh, CM Channi didn’t say a word about his predecessor, even his party and Not even to save the Gandhi family.
Simplicity makes political cleverness subtle
If Channi’s modest background tales match Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s style, the common man’s looks match those of Arvind Kejriwal. However, his subtlety in political shrewdness is entirely his own and is still somewhat lacking. Former CM Parkash Singh Badal epitomized this trait. Then it is his caste factor which is his strongest point. There is no other leader in the Congress whose political graph has risen like this and Channi has certainly made the most out of internal strife in the Congress.
After Channi became the first Scheduled Caste Sikh CM of Punjab, he is doing everything possible to present himself as the Chief Minister of the common man with some simple talk, narrating tales of his modest background, a newly married The couple gestures like ‘shagun’ and eats food. modest houses. Channi ensures photo opportunities to appear as the grassroots, accessible and hardworking Chief Minister.
This is in stark contrast to the image of Captain Amarinder Singh, who was addressed as ‘Maharaja Saheb’ by ministers, MLAs and his companions, and was considered inaccessible. In the last one month, the Congress government has announced to waive off the electricity bills of those who have electricity connections up to 2 kilowatts. The move will cost the exchequer Rs 1,200 crore.
In this, it has also been decided to waive all pending water bills in rural and urban areas and to levy a monthly flat rate of Rs 50 per connection. There will be no water charges for houses of plot size less than 125 square yards. Read the tax payers, the government will have to pay an additional bill of Rs 1900 crore for this. Channi has also decided to give property rights to residents of houses within ‘Lal Dora’ in about 12,000 villages and cities of the state. These exemptions and concessions are likely to impact a large section of the people.
While Punjab is already facing financial crunch, it has not seen progress on the 18-point agenda given by the party high command to Channi’s predecessor. After all, the reason for removing Amarinder was his performance on these issues. Later, Sidhu gave “five high priority points” and again got 13 points from the 18-point agenda given by the high command. The most prominent of these are: justice in cases of sacrilege and police firing, drugs, illegal mining and power purchase agreements (PPAs) with private power producers.
Channi has avoided any reference to these 18-point agenda or five issues of high propriety, even though he had promised justice in cases of sacrilege when he took office. Channi was among those Congress leaders who used these issues to oust Amarinder from the CM office. At the same time, the appointment of former DGP Sumedh Saini’s lawyer APS Deol as Advocate General of Punjab by Channi created a big controversy after which Sidhu also announced his resignation.
The worst part is that the coordination between the working of the party and the government is still not visible. The strained relationship between the CM and the Punjab Congress President is now a public knowledge. On Sunday, Sidhu again underlined that he would stick to the “real issues”, despite the two meeting almost a week ago. Contrary to the CM’s earlier claim, based on Finance Minister Manpreet Badal’s claim that there is no paucity of funds, Sidhu spoke of combating the financial emergency by keeping Punjab in the fore.
Others attacking Amarinder, Channi silent
When Navjot Sidhu, Deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Ministers Pargat Singh and Amarinder Singh Raja Warring are targeting Captain Amarinder Singh, CM Channi didn’t say a word about his predecessor, even his party and Not even to save the Gandhi family.
Simplicity makes political cleverness subtle
If Channi’s modest background tales match Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s style, the common man’s looks match those of Arvind Kejriwal. However, his subtlety in political shrewdness is entirely his own and is still somewhat lacking. Former CM Parkash Singh Badal epitomized this trait. Then it is his caste factor which is his strongest point. There is no other leader in the Congress whose political graph has risen like this and Channi has certainly made the most out of internal strife in the Congress.
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