New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi might be declared the Congress\u2019 chief minister face for the Punjab assembly polls as sources say that he is leading in the survey the party is conducting to choose the CM candidate.
\n\u201cOpinions of candidates, workers, and party MPs are being recorded to so that any feud over the CM face between Channi and Navjot Singh Siddhu can be avoided,\u201d said sources.<\/p>\n
\u201cParty is also calling general public through an automated call system to seek their opinion on CM face. The target of the party is to call around 1.5 crore people in the next 3 to 4 days,\u201d source added.<\/p>\n
Party\u2019s coordinators are physically reaching out to the block president, district president and all candidates to collect their opinion and hand over to the party soon.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the party\u2019s Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MPs from Punjab are also being contacted to their feedback on the two leaders in the race for becoming CM face of the party.<\/p>\n
\u201cParty is making all these efforts because it is of the opinion the whole process should be transparent and the one who loses in the survey should not oppose the result in any manner,\u201d said a senior party member to ANI.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth Channi and Sidhu will have to accept the decision of survey as they have agreed for it before Rahul Gandhi,\u201d leader said.<\/p>\n
According to sources, in its initial trends Channi is leading but the party wants to take sufficient time to announce it with proof, so that Sidhu\u2019s displeasure can be handled.<\/p>\n
While the Congress slammed Aam Aadmi Party over its process of choosing Bhagwant Mann as the CM candidate, it said that AAP has asked people to call them to give their opinion while Congress will itself call people asking for their opinion.<\/p>\n
\u201cParty has already decided that it would make the event of announcing CM face a big event,\u201d senior party leader added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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