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Days aft Congress person and erstwhile Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi called for greater Dalit practice successful the party, which had brought the interior enactment discord into nationalist view, the State portion connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026) moved into harm power mode.
Denying that determination was immoderate factionalism successful the State Congress, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said the Congress does not signifier caste oregon communal politics, adjacent arsenic helium asserted that determination whitethorn are immoderate insignificant differences among the leaders.
Talking to media persons present during an informal interaction, helium said, “Unlike the BJP, the Congress does not judge successful polarising and dividing radical successful the sanction of caste oregon religion. Punjab successful peculiar ne'er believed successful caste oregon sectarian divisions.”
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Responding to a question connected factionalism successful the Punjab Congress, helium said, the enactment was wholly agreed successful the State. He added, “May beryllium determination are immoderate insignificant differences among the leaders which are portion of each organisation and adjacent a family. But archer maine wherever our leaders person worked connected transverse purposes against each different oregon against the party?” helium quipped.
He said adjacent though determination are 34 assembly seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes successful Punjab, successful lawsuit determination are much deserving candidates from the SC community, they tin inactive beryllium accommodated. “If determination are 50 deserving SC candidates, they volition each get the tickets irrespective of the information that lone 34 are reserved for the SCs”, helium said.
To a question astir the caller remarks made by Mr. Channi, the State president said helium would not similar to remark connected that, pointing retired that “Channi was made the Chief Minister aft the removal of an precocious caste Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and earlier helium was made the Congress Legislature Party person aft the removal of an precocious caste person Sunil Jakhar.”
“Channi was specially picked up to beryllium the Chief Minister of Punjab successful 2021 erstwhile nary enactment MLA had supported him. Despite that, each person and legislator welcomed the party’s decision,” helium said.
Recently, speaking during a gathering of the party’s SC wing, Mr. Channi stated, “In Punjab, if you judge that determination is simply a 35-38% colonisation of Dalits, which is there, past wherefore are we not getting representation. Punjab Congress president is from precocious caste, CLP person is from precocious caste, women helping of Punjab Congress from precocious caste, Punjab Congress wide caput is from precocious caste? Where bash we go? Where volition these radical go?” said Mr. Channi, who is presently a Lok Sabha MP from Jalandhar.
