Channi’s choice as new CM of Punjab electoral gimmick: Mayawati
The Hindu
It would have been better had Cong. nominated him for a full term of five years, says BSP chief
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday said the choice of for a short period was nothing but an “electoral gimmick” by the Congress.
It would have been better had the Congress earlier nominated Mr. Channi as the Chief Minister for a full term of five years, said Ms. Mayawati, herself a Dalit leader and currently an ally of the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab.
Reacting to a that the next election in Punjab would be contested under the leadership of Navjot Singh Sidhu, “a non-Dalit”, Ms. Mayawati said this showed that even now the Congress did not “fully trust” Dalits.
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