Reacting to the Congress announcing Charanjit Singh Channi as its chief ministerial face for the Punjab assembly elections, AAP leader Raghav Chadha called the move "deeply sad."
"This is deeply sad that out of three crore Punjabis, the Congress chose a person accused of corruption charges as their CM candidate," news agency ANI quoted him as saying.
He claimed that the Congress is a divided house, and it requires no opposition.
Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday, declared Channi as his party's chief ministerial face while addressing a virtual rally in Ludhiana.
"People of Punjab said we need a chief minister who is from a 'gareeb ghar' (humble family), who understands poverty and hunger," Gandhi said.
"It was a tough decision, you made it easy," said Gandhi declaring Channi as the party’s CM face.
The Congress had taken feedback from party leaders and workers in this regard. Gandhi said people of Punjab and party workers gave him a tough job.
