POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN PUNJAB VERY UNFORTUNATE: ARVIND KEJRIWAL

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday issued a 5-point challenge to the newly appointed Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, asking him to fulfill the promises made by the Captain Amarinder Singh-led government. Arvind Kejriwal, who is on two-day Punjab visit, addressed the media at the International Airport here on his arrival.

He was accompanied by AAP Punjab president and MP Bhagwant Mann, Punjab affairs in-charge Jarnail Singh, co-in-charge Raghav Chadha, MLAs Aman Arora, Kultar Singh Sandhwan, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Prof Baljinder Kaur, Amarjit Singh Sandoa, Master Baldev Singh, among other leaders.

On the Punjab Congress crisis, Arvind Kejriwal said at present political instability is there in Punjab, which is unfortunate. “There is a dirty fight going on for power. The people of Punjab don’t understand to whom they should take their problems to, as the Congress has made a spectacle. Now, only the Aam Aadmi Party can give Punjab a stable, good and honest government. Only four months have left until the elections, after that the AAP will give a stable and honest government to the people of Punjab,” he said.

Kejriwal congratulated Charanjit Singh Channi on his appointment as the new CM of Punjab and gave his best wishes. He said we want Punjab to develop and go on the path of progress. “I have a message for new CM Channi saab. The people of Punjab are demanding 5 things first, which needs immediate action,” he added.

Kejriwal said, that the people of Punjab are upset over the Bargari (sacrilege) case. He said, “The masterminds of the case, I don’t need to say who they are, didn’t get any punishment so far. Action can be taken within 24 hours with their arrests; the soul of Punjab will get peace.”

Meanwhile, a day after Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as the PPCC president, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday reached out to him and offered to resolve issues through talks.

Talking to media after cabinet meeting, Channi said the party is supreme and the government follows the party’s ideology. He said that he has spoken to Sidhu over phone today and offered to sit and talk.

Channi said, “The state president is the head of the party. The head has to sit among the family,” he said, adding that Sidhu had agreed to give time for the meeting.

“I have no objection or any ego in anything,” he said, indicating that he was ready to review the decisions on which Sidhu has objections. However, several Congress leaders had meetings with Sidhu at his Patiala residence the whole day. Ministers Pargat singh and Amarinder Singh Raja Warring also met him in the morning.