Channi, a Dalit leader, was Technical Education Minister in the outgoing Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's cabinet and will be the first Dalit to hold the chief minister's post in Punjab.
Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday took oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and OP Soni also took oath as Deputy CMs.
On reports that party's Punjab unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu didn't want any other leader to be considered for the post of chief minister except him, Harish Rawat said it wouldn't be a fare observation since such reports were unsubstantiated.
Channi, who was elected the Congress Legislature Party leader on Sunday and will take oath as chief minister on Monday, succeeds Amarinder Singh who resigned on Saturday alleging humiliation by the party.
BJP leader Amit Malviya, who is its IT department head, tweeted, "Congress's CM pick Charanjit Channi faces action in a 3-year-old MeToo case. He had allegedly sent an inappropriate text to a woman IAS officer in 2018. It was covered up but the case resurfaced when Punjab Women's Commission sent notice. Well done, Rahul."
Senior Congress leader Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned from his post as the Chief Minister of Punjab after months of political tussle, saying he stepped down as he felt 'humiliated'.
It gives me immense pleasure to announce that Charanjit Singh Channi has been unanimously elected as the Leader of the Congress Legislature Party of Punjab, AICC general secretary Harish Rawat said on Sunday.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary and in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Rawat took to Twitter to announce the name of the Leader of the Congress Legislature Party of Punjab.
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, the Jails and Cooperation Minister in the outgoing cabinet, has emerged as the frontrunner for the post of Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, who will be the next chief minister, the sources said.
When the mediapersons here asked that can it be assumed that they are talking to the future chief minister, Randhawa quipped, " You are talking to a Congressman".
He pointed out that despite legal hurdles and refusal of CBI to return the cases, which were transferred to them by the SAD-BJP Government, his government had succeeded in filing 10 challans.
Taking to Twitter, Gehlot shared his thoughts on the ongoing Congress crisis, and addressed the former Punjab CM
Senior Congress leader Harish Rawat also mentioned of appointing two deputy chief minister's. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who was earlier said to be the frontrunner for the top post, may become one of the two deputies.
Sources say that this time the Congress party will appoint a deputy chief minister also. The decisions on new Punjab Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister are likely to be taken on Sunday.
Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned as chief minister of Punjab with less than five months to go for the Assembly polls after a bruising power struggle with state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, and said he felt "humiliated" over the way the party handled the protracted crisis.
Following years and months of bitter dual with Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Navjot Singh Sidhu, Captain Amarinder Singh resigned as Chief Minister and raised serious questions against Sidhu.
The top leadership in the party has been keeping an eye on the situation in the state. Punjab, which has 117 assembly seats, is slated to go to the polls early next year.
Amarinder Singh said he won’t accept state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu as the next CM or the party face in the Assembly polls.
Captain Amarinder Singh resigned as Punjab Chief Minister on Saturday amid power tussle with Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Navjot Singh Sidhu, going on and on for months. Speaking to ANI, Amarinder Singh said, "...Navjot Singh Sidhu is an incompetent man, he is going to be a disaster. I will oppose his name for the next chief mininster face. He has a connection with Pakistan. It will be a threat to national security."
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) co-incharge for Assembly Elections 2022 Raghav Chadha called Congress the "sinking Titanic" and said that the governance of Punjab has come to a grinding halt.
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