Chandigarh: Just before the Congress is set to announce its chief ministerial face for Punjab elections, former Punjab Congress Sunil Jakhar claimed that a majority of MLAs backing him as CM face after Captain Amarinder Singh resigned as CM.
Addressing his workers, Jakhar said that he had the support of 42 of the 79 MLAs and the present Chief Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi, managed to get support of 2 MLAs, while Sukhjinder Randhawa got the support of 16 and Praneet Kaur got the support of 12 MLAs as CM face of the Congress.
Presently, Congress is considering to field Navjot Singh Sidhu or incumbent CM Channi as the party face for the upcoming polls.
Sunil Jakhar was addressing in Abohar in support of his nephew Sandeep Jakhar, is heard saying in the video that after Amarinder’s ouster, 42 MLAs had voted for him.