Congress will announce Punjab CM candidate soon: Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that the party would soon announce the chief ministerial candidate for Punjab and that Navjot Sidhu and Charanjit Singh Channi had assured him that they would support each other with full spirit irrespective of whosoever was declared the CM face.

Addressing a gathering in Jalandhar during his daylong visit to Punjab to launch the party’s campaign for the Assembly election, Rahul Gandhi said: “I was asked by Chief Minister Channi and Navjot Singh Sidhu for declaring the CM face as our workers need the name to fight the Assembly elections. I agree with the same thought but two people can’t lead, only one can lead. If one leads, the other has promised to extend all support.”

“We will ask Congress workers to decide on the chief ministerial candidate,” Rahul added.

“People have this question in their mind: who will rescue them from this crisis (in Punjab)? And what’s the roadmap? And the third question is: who is the face who will implement these reforms?” said Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. “Like a disciplined soldier, I assure Rahul Gandhi that I will abide by his decision,” he added.

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