Charanjit Singh Channi to be the next Punjab Chief Minister

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Punjab on Sunday got its first Dalit Chief Minister with Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi nominated as Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader on Sunday.

Channi (51) replaces Amarinder Singh, who had stepped down as CM on Saturday. A legislator from Chamkaur Sahib, Channi has been a CLP member and Leader of Opposition in the previous SAD-BJP government in the state.

Channi had been vocal in raising the Dalit issues in the state and had recently rebelled against Amarinder. He is considered close to AICC leader Rahul Gandhi and became the choice of the Congress high command for the post after two Jat Sikhs Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu opposed the party’s move to appoint a Hindu leader Sunil Jakhar. His name was announced amid the fight for power among the Jat Sikh leaders.

The appointment of then CM remained a cliffhanger on Sunday with the high command not able to finalise a name till Sunday evening after a battle of Hindu vs Sikh face ensued in the Congress.

The party had to defer its CLP meet, which was to be reconvened at 11 am on Sunday to zero in on a name for the chief minister’s post. Party general secretary-in-charge Harish Rawat and two Central observers Ajay Maken and Harish Chaudhary held parleys with various leaders including two aspirants –PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and Cabinet Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa.

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