Rahul Gandhi says Charanjit Channi would be CM face in Punjab

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday announced incumbent chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi's name as the CM candidate for the upcoming Punjab Assembly Election 2022. It was a difficult decision but the people of Punjab made it easy as they wanted a CM who comes from a poor family, Rahul Gandhi said, after sharing anecdotes about Channi, Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sunil Jakhar. The Chief Ministerial face of Punjab, Gandhi said, is not his decision. "I have not decided about it. I asked this to Punjab's people, youth, members of working committee... I may have an opinion but your opinion is more important than mine... Punjabis told us that we need a person who can understand the poor"  Thanking Rahul Gandhi, Sidhu and Jakhar, Channi turned emotional and said he will serve Punjab with total honesty.

I sincerely thank the Congress High Command and people of Punjab for bestowing their trust in me. As you have seen us work so hard in the last 111 days to take Punjab forward, I assure you to take Punjab and Punjabis on the path of progress with new zeal and dedication. pic.twitter.com/7jW1rBhEkj

— Charanjit S Channi (@CHARANJITCHANNI) February 6, 2022

The Congress put up a unique show of unity as Rahul Gandhi arrived in Punjab. Sunil Jakhar drove the car for Rahul Gandhi while Charanjit Singh Channi and Navjot Singh Sidhu sat in the back. Tweeting the video of the car, the Punjab Youth Congress wrote, "This is how the United Congress will drive the Congress to victory in Punjab."