Punjab Congress crisis: 42 MLAs wanted me to be CM, only 2 wanted Channi, claims Sunil Jakhar
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Sunil Jakhar said that 42 MLAs wanted him to become the Punjab CM after Captain Amarinder Singh quit the top job last year, while only 2 wanted Channi.
New Delhi: Amid speculations in Punjab Congress over the chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Assembly elections, senior party leader Sunil Jakhar has made a big claim.
As per PTI, in a video that is doing rounds of the internet, Jakhar could be heard saying that 42 MLAs wanted him to become the Punjab CM after Captain Amarinder Singh quit the top job last year. Amarinder Singh was made to resign as the CM by the Congress in the middle of a bitter power tussle with Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.
“Forty-two votes went for Sunil (Jakhar), 16 for Sukhjinder Randhawa, 12 votes for Maharani Preneet Kaur (Amarinder Singh's wife and Patiala MP), six votes for Navjot Singh Sidhu and two votes for (Charanjit Singh) Channi,” the senior Punjab Congress leader said.