On Congress's Chief Minister Face For Punjab, Arvind Kejriwal's Poser
NDTV
"Congress is asking people in Punjab to choose between Channi ji and Sidhu ji as the CM face. Why did Congress not include Jakhar ji's name?" Mr Kejriwal said in a Hindi tweet, refering to Mr Sidhu's predecessor Sunil Jakhar.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has a query for the Congress as the party took a page out of Aam Aadmi Party's book and sought public opinion on its Chief Ministerial candidate. Caught between pressure from supporters of party chief Navjot Sidhu and the internal favourite Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the Congress had started collecting public feedback through Interactive Voice Response calls a few days ago. Sunil Jakhar Saab is being treated as a second class citizen by Congress. Excluding him from list of CM candidate probables merely because he's a Hindu reveals deep-rooted communal politics of Congress. His competence & experience is sacrificed at the alter of religious politics. https://t.co/7IyU3F1Labpic.twitter.com/s4Ljmn6BN2
This afternoon, Mr Kejriwal questioned them about the lack of a third option -- one that was allegedly rejected on religious grounds.
"Congress is asking people in Punjab to choose between Channi ji and Sidhu ji as the CM face. Why did Congress not include Jakhar ji's name?" Mr Kejriwal tweeted, referring to Mr Sidhu's predecessor Sunil Jakhar.
AAP's Raghav Chadha tweeted on the issue as well. His post, citing an apparent claim from Mr Jakhar that he was ruled out of the Chief Ministerial race as he was not a Sikh, read:
