New Delhi: Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu on Friday said that Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu will get the post of “Super CM” if the ruling party is voted to power again.
The statement comes days after former Congress president Rahul Gandhi announced incumbent Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as the party’s Chief Ministerial face for the upcoming assembly election in the state.
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When asked which post will Congress party give to Navjot Singh Sidhu if voted to power in Punjab, Ravneet Singh Bittu replied saying: “He (Navjot Singh Sidhu) will be given Super CM post”.
The Congress leader highlighted that the party’s Punjab unit president had welcomed the decision of Charanjit Channi being the CM face for the upcoming polls. “Did Sidhu raise any questions on the decision to choose Channi as the CM face? He welcomed the decision,” he said, as he spoke to news agency ANI.
According to Ravneet Bittu, the common man of Punjab is praying for CM Channi’s victory and will come out to vote “like a festival” on the day of the election.
“Every poor person in Punjab is praying for Channi in Gurudwaras and temples. A common man like us is praying for him. The poor are saying that if Channi returns to power, only then our children can study and dream of becoming a Chief Minister someday . The people would vote Channi on the day of the election just like their festival. This is what BJP and AAP are scared of,” he told ANI.
He also trained guns at Aam Aadmi Party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal who has announced Bhagwant Mann as his Chief Ministerial candidate for the upcoming polls.
Ravneet Bittu termed AAP as the “B team” of RSS and alleged that Arvind Kejriwal wants to “divide” Punjab.
“BJP stands nowhere in Punjab. The B team of RSS, Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party. Punjab and Haryana have border disputes, we have language problems, water issues. Kejriwal wants to divide Punjab, wants to take its water,” he said.
On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Punjab, the Congress MP opined that he should come by air because the people may come out on roads to protest against him due to the rage they have over their struggle during the anti-farm laws protest.
“He is welcome. We have told the people to listen to the Prime Minister. He should come by air. He would still have problems by road because he has kept every Punjabi on the road for more than a year. How would they forget? More than 700 farmers died during the protest. If his car goes by road, there is anger in the minds of the people, so they may come out in protest against the Prime Minister. So he should use the helicopter,” he said.
The comment also comes in reference to the security breach during PM Modi’s visit to Ferozepur in January.
Meanwhile, Ravneet further targeted PM Modi as well as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for arresting Charanjit Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh ‘Honey’ in connection with an alleged illegal sand mining case.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking out his anger on the Dalit (Channi) who comes from a poor background and has become the Chief Minister of Punjab. They found Honey, a poor boy. The ED are thrashing him for the past 15 days, ” he claimed, as quoted by ANI.
The Congress MP’s statement comes after Bhupinder Singh was sent to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the sand mining case.
(With Agency Inputs)
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