Chandigarh: The All India Congress Committee has on Sunday announced that Dalit leader Charanjit Singh Channi will be the new Chief Minister of Punjab.
This announcement comes a day after turmoil in Punjab politics that saw pulls and pressures from several claimants.
He was the leader of the opposition from 2015 until 2017 when Congress was voted to power.
Earlier, there were reports that the Congress high command has cleared the name of Sukhjinder Randhawa as the new CLP leader.
Formal announcement after a while, said party sources.
However, Harish Rawat, the AICC General Secretary in charge of Punjab, made a formal announcement on Sunday evening.
He is the MLA from the Chamkaur Sahib Assembly Constituency. Earlier, he was accused of sending lewd messages to a female IAS officer.