Punjab polls: Capt Amarinder, Akalis hand in glove, alleges CM Channi

Aman Sood

Tribune News Service

Ghanaur/Samana, December 29

Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday inaugurated and announced projects worth Rs 269 crore in the Ghanaur and Samana segments, besides granting the sub-division status to Ghanaur.

At a rally in Ghanaur organised by MLA Madan Lal Jalalpur, the Chief Minister took on his rivals and said, “The Akali Dal cannot hope for revival till Sukhbir Singh Badal and Bikram Singh Majithia are at the helm of affairs.” He accused former CM Capt Amarinder Singh of being hand in glove with the Akalis. “The former CM listened only to his cronies and paid the price for it,” said Channi, who addressed his first political event in the former CM’s home district.

He sidestepped the issue of power tussle brewing within the state Congress on the party’s CM face for the upcoming elections. Channi said the next government would be more people-centric.

Hitting out at AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, Channi said the Delhi CM, who earlier accused Majithia of being the kingpin of the drug trade, had apologised to him. “How can such a person offer good governance to the people of Punjab?” he said.

For the Ghanaur constituency, Channi announced Rs 10 crore each for pending works, besides others. He also announced Rs 5 crore for development of Samana.

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