Punjab Assembly election | Video of Congress Twitter handle drops a hint of party’s CM choice

A 36-second video by the party has actor Sonu Sood discussing what qualities a Chief Minister should possess as visuals of CM Charanjit Singh Channi attending various public events are played out.

Amid a tussle over the Chief Ministerial face for the coming Punjab Assembly election, the official Twitter handle of the Congress gave a clear hint that incumbent Charanjit Singh Channi could be party’s choice.

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A 36-second video, released by the Indian National Congress (INC) handle on Monday, has actor Sonu Sood, whose sister Malavika is the party’s candidate from the Moga constituency, discussing what qualities a Chief Minister should possess.

The actor says in the video: “A real ruler or a Chief Minister is one who doesn’t have to say he is deserving but is given the chair by literally forcing him to accept it and by bringing him from the back benches. Only such a person can change the country”.

Over the actor’s voice-over, visuals of Mr. Channi attending various public events are played out and no other leader features in the video.

The video was also retweeted by the Punjab Congress handle and comes just days after Mr. Channi, in an interview to the local TV channel, had said that the party had done well whenever it had projected a Chief Ministerial face before the polls.

The issue of projecting a CM candidate has been a bone of contention between Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and Mr. Channi.

Though the Congress has not spelt out its choice formally, the party high command seems to have sent a clear message to the Sidhu camp through its video and comes ahead of the announcement by the Aam Aadmi Party of its Chief Ministerial face.

However, leaders close to Mr. Sidhu claimed that the party’s social media team put out videos of both the PCC chief as well as the Chief Minister regularly.

Interestingly, the video came on a day when Mr. Sidhu, while addressing a press conference in Amritsar, claimed that the party would indicate its Chief Minister during the release of its manifesto.

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