Chandigarh: Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar has yet again hurled a Twitter attack on the party reeling from the recent loss of Punjab assembly election as he said the ‘ghost of religion/caste/identity politics’ will haunt the Congress in Punjab even in 2024 Lok Sabha election and beyond.
Following Congress’s loss in Punjab to the Aam Aadmi Party, Sunil Jakhar slammed former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and senior party leader Ambika Soni and held Channi’s greed ‘liable’ for the party’s performance in the state. He also indirectly blamed Ambika Soni for suggesting the name of Channi as the CM in the first place, after Amarinder Singh’s exit.
Before Charanjit Singh became Punjab’s first Dalit chief minister, Sunil Jakhar’s name was also doing the rounds and had Sunil Jakhar been made the CM, he would have been the first Hindu CM of Punjab. However, at that time, Ambika Soni made a statement that Punjab should get a Sikh CM. To this, Jakhar had said, “The making up of this Hindu vs Sikh issue is an insult to Punjab, which is so secular in character. We have faced so much in the state. It has come back to normal with so much effort.”
Before Charanjit Singh became Punjab’s first Dalit chief minister, Sunil Jakhar’s name was also doing the rounds and had Sunil Jakhar been made the CM, he would have been the first Hindu CM of Punjab. However, at that time, Ambika Soni made a statement that Punjab should get a Sikh CM. To this, Jakhar had said, “The making up of this Hindu vs Sikh issue is an insult to Punjab, which is so secular in character. We have faced so much in the state. It has come back to normal with so much effort.”
The Congress has blamed former chief minister Amarinder Singh for its poor performance in Punjab and Navjot Sidhu has been fired from the post of the Punjab Congress chief, along with the party chiefs of all states that went to the polls.
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