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As Punjab inches nearer to the Meeting election, the ruling Congress has been witnessing debates about whether or not the birthday party will have to announce a main ministerial candidate forward of the polls. Incumbent Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi tells Harpreet Bajwa that electorate within the state desire a CM face and he’s going to toughen whichever individual the birthday party publicizes for this activity. Excerpts:
What are the probabilities of Congress preserving energy? What number of seats do you assume the birthday party will win?
We will be able to retain the entire seats we gained within the ultimate election; our numbers is not going to come down.
Your birthday party has been dealing with a large number of infighting and plenty of leaders have rebelled as they didn’t get tickets for themselves or for his or her close to and expensive ones. Don’t you assume this will likely hurt the birthday party’s possibilities?
Other folks need tickets from the birthday party which is anticipated to get most seats and shape the following executive. When leaders don’t get tickets, some resentment is sure to occur however at some point of time it is going to be looked after out. There aren’t many rebels and we can pacify them.
Many birthday party leaders and sitting MLAs have left and joined different events. Received’t this affect the consequences?
The folk whom we denied tickets sought after to move elsewhere, so that they went. There can be no impact on us.
Your hassle is preventing the election as an unbiased candidate from Bassi Pathana towards the professional candidate of the birthday party. Will you pass and marketing campaign for him?
As each and every birthday party has the correct to battle the elections, each and every individual has additionally the correct to be within the fray. I’ve asked him to not battle the elections as an unbiased. I’m a disciplined soldier of the birthday party and won’t marketing campaign for him.
The Congress top command needs the polls to be fought beneath collective management. Then why do you and Navjot Singh Sidhu have variations of opinion on stating a CM candidate?
It’s the call for of the general public. All different events have declared their leader ministerial candidate. In Punjab, Meeting elections are fought on CM face as other folks vote for the CM face. Now the birthday party is taking the opinion of employees and the general public, and according to their comments a reputation can be introduced. Ultimate time the birthday party had introduced Capt Amarinder Singh as CM candidate.
Who do you assume can be declared because the CM face of the birthday party?
It’s for the birthday party top command and Rahul Gandhi to make a decision.
If the birthday party initiatives Navjot Singh Sidhu because the CM candidate and ignores you, will you abide by means of the birthday party’s determination?
I’ve already been advised that we’re preventing for Punjab and now not for ourselves. We’re with the individual whom the birthday party initiatives. Ultimate time it used to be Capt Amarinder Singh and we have been with him with center and soul. Now, whichever individual the birthday party makes the CM face we’re with that individual.
Received’t a behind schedule announcement of CM face the birthday party possibilities?
Ultimate time the CM face used to be declared fifteen days sooner than the election. We nonetheless have time.
What are your feedback at the ED raids in reference to sand mining at more than a few puts, together with your nephew’s premises? Are you being focused?
They (BJP) in conjunction with different events are focused on me and my circle of relatives. They need to end me off politically as we’re returning to energy once more. The cash used to be recovered from elsewhere. It had not anything to do with me however my footage have been flashed. The AAP put my footage with the seized cash. We’re submitting a defamation case towards Arvind Kejriwal and now we have already despatched a felony realize.
Opposition events had been accusing that sand mining is being carried out beneath your patronage?
It’s all false propaganda to malign my symbol. I’ve been preventing towards sand mining for a protracted. The sand, which used to be being offered at ₹22 in step with cubic ft on the quarry now prices most effective ₹5.50. I’ve additionally introduced that if anyone proves that sand isn’t being offered at this worth, they are going to be given ₹25,000 rewards. The opposition is now taking part in politics in this factor.
Who do you assume is your primary opponent within the election — AAP or SAD?
As of now there is not any unmarried competitor. All events are doing their campaigning.
Do you assume farmers’ access into politics will have an effect on Congress?
Everybody has a proper to battle elections in a democratic machine.
You have been the primary SC Leader Minister of Punjab. Do you assume that with the state having a 32 in step with cent SC inhabitants, they are going to vote for congress?
I don’t glance and assume from this perspective. We’re a mundane birthday party. The deficient and heart magnificence will have to get their rights, everybody will have to be equivalent.
As SAD has already tied up with BSP, don’t you assume votes can be divided?
The SAD-BSP alliance is a mismatch. The Akali Dal gave the BSP 20 seats and of those, on 13 seats, Akali leaders are preventing the election. The SAD has betrayed BSP, it is going to hurt the SAD.
For the primary time, there can be a five-corned contest as there are Congress, AAP, SAD-BSP, BJP-Punjab Lok Congress and SAD (Sanyukt), farmers and different events. Don’t you assume this will likely minimize the Congress votes?
It’ll most effective receive advantages Congress as all our rival votes can be divided.
Do you assume the Punjab Lok Congress tie-up with BJP and SAD (Synskut) can have any impact at the floor?
They are going to now not have any impact in anyway at the floor. There is not any impact of the BJP in any respect within the state. The saffron birthday party is not going to even get a unmarried seat.
You are saying that you’re a not unusual guy (aam aadmi) and also you undertaking your self like that. Will this lend a hand because the AAP claims you’re a ‘replica aam aadmi’?
How can I be a replica aam aadmi? I come from the grassroots as I used to be born in a deficient circle of relatives and raised in a village. I fought elections in school and was a councillor thrice, two times president of municipal committee and thrice MLA. I’m a Punjabi, Kejriwal is an intruder.
How do you view the efficiency of AAP? It’s projected that they are going to get most seats?
The AAP creates hue and cry each and every time and within the ultimate election too they did the similar. This time their seats can be a lot lower than ultimate time. Day-to-day they’re going down.
Opposition alleges that you’ve made bulletins value hundreds of crores however nearly there is not any cash with the federal government, and they’re simply mere bulletins
We carried out all bulletins we made. Energy expenses have been waived, energy tariff used to be lowered, petrol and diesel charges have been lowered, and many others. The entire bulletins made by means of us had been carried out. Let the opposition indicate which announcement has now not been carried out, I can give them the entire info.
Do you assume that the narrative has modified after High Minister Narendra Modi’s consult with to Punjab as he used to be stopped and later he stated ‘Say thank you for your leader minister that I may just go back alive until Bathinda Airport’? Will the votes get polarised in BJP’s favour?
The votes gets polarised however towards the BJP. That used to be a conspiracy to defame Punjab and so they may just now not achieve that, as we have been transparent and true from our center.
It’s regularly heard that you simply don’t dangerous mouth any of your fighters. Why so?
It will depend on one’s nature, I keep certain since my adolescence as there is not any negativity in me.
What are the achievements of your executive within the 111 days in administrative center as you could have issued greater than 100 orders?
We’re projecting the paintings carried out by means of our executive in 111 days as round 150 notifications had been made. Electrical energy and water fees slashed down, petrol and diesel costs minimize down, ₹5 lakh every to gaushalas, analysis centres on Ramayana, Bhagwat Gita and Guru Ravidas, a cutting-edge museum after Bharat Ratna Baba Sahib Dr BR Ambedkar at a value of ₹100 crore. We now have carried out paintings.
What do you assume that you must now not do whilst in administrative center? As you could have indexed achievements of your 111 days what’s your greatest feel sorry about?
No paintings used to be omitted however the Punjab Governor didn’t transparent the record of regularisation of 36,000 workers operating on an advert hoc foundation and stored it pending. It used to be a political conspiracy between BJP and SAD. A legislation has been made to transparent the problem and it is going to be carried out sooner or later.
Why are you preventing from two constituencies?
It’s the determination of the birthday party top command. They’ve given me a price tag from Bhadaur (SC) and advised me to battle from this seat additionally. I can abide by means of the birthday party’s directive. This isn’t a brand new precedent as within the ultimate election Capt Amarinder Singh fought from Patiala (City) and Lambi. I can be preventing from Chamkaur Sahib as it’s my conventional seat. I can once more win it by means of a comfy margin. The folk of Badhaur have been very excited after they got here to grasp I used to be fielded from that seat.