Sunil Jakhar said that 42 MLAs wanted him to become the Punjab CM after Captain Amarinder Singh quit the top job last year, while only 2 wanted Channi.
Amidst intensified infighting in the Congress Punjab unit, the party high command is now considering announcing the name of its chief ministerial candidate. Sources told India TV that that party could announce its chief ministerial candidate today evening.
Punjab Election: Several turncoats, cutting across political lines, have been rewarded with tickets by their new parties for the February 20 Assembly polls in Punjab.
The elder sister of Navjot Singh Sidhu alleges that the Punjab Congress Chief had abandoned their mother in 1986 after the death of their father for his lust to take over the family property.
Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar, who quit the BJP and announced he would contest the upcoming assembly election as an independent, has filed nomination paper from the seat today.