How Channi as Punjab CM stirs the political pot in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh 

Charanjit Singh Channi’s elevation as chief minister in Punjab seems to have a ripple effect in Uttar Pradesh that will go to the polls around the same time as Punjab.

Charanjit Singh Channi has emerged as a compromise and politically correct choice for the Congress in Punjab for the chief ministerial position. Both factions — led by Captain Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu — could not oppose Channi as Punjab chief minister. He is a Sikh and a Dalit — a deciding combination in Punjab election. 20-09-2021-BSP PRESSNOTE-PUNJAB CM-UP OBCa pic.twitter.com/fLMDEn8dEg , '' ,

However, Channi’s elevation as chief minister in Punjab seems to have a ripple effect in Uttar Pradesh that will go to the polls around the same time as Punjab. Though the Congress that is facing the challenge of retaining power in Punjab has practically very little stake in Uttar Pradesh’s electoral outcome early next year, its Dalit candidate move saw reverberations in India’s most populous state.