Amid tussle over the Congress party's chief ministerial face in Punjab, state Congress in-charge Harish Choudhary on Wednesday said the Congress will contest the upcoming assembly elections under the collective leadership.
Speaking to ANI, Mr Choudhary claimed that Congress will win more seats than it had secured in the 2017 Assembly elections.
"The party takes every issue raised by Mr Sidhu seriously. The party has decided for the time being that Congress will contest the elections in Punjab under the collective leadership. At present, Charanjit Singh Channi is the Chief Minister of the Congress Party and as the Chief Minister, he will participate in the election campaign across Punjab."
"Congress has three prominent faces in Punjab such as Charanjit Singh Channi, Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sunil Jakhar. In 111 days, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has taken historic decisions focused on public welfare. So Congress is going to win more seats in 2022 than in 2017," added Choudhary.
Refuting any difference of opinion between Navjot Singh Sidhu and Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Mr Chaudhary said "all is well" inside the party.
Asked about the announcement of Bhagwant Mann as the Aam Aadmi Party's chief ministerial candidate, he said, "Aam Aadmi Party has already accepted that they have no support base in Punjab. Their call response itself is under question. Congress demands that all those call responses and call data be kept in the public domain."
Assembly elections in Punjab will be held on February 20. The counting of votes will be done on March 10.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
"Stamp Of Approval": Raghav Chadha On AAP's Big Win In Punjab Bypolls Stone-Pelting In UP, Clashes In Punjab During Bypolls To 15 Assembly Seats Congress Ahead In Punjab, AAP Second, Akali And BJP Trail, Leads Show "Congress Should Be Ready...": Mani Shankar Aiyar's Big INDIA Bloc Remark 3 Marriages, Rs 1.25 Crore: How 'Looting Bride' Targeted Rich Men "Intention To Dupe UPSC": Ex-IAS Trainee Puja Khedkar Denied Pre-Arrest Bail More Than Half Of Kolkata's Iconic Yellow Taxis To Be Off Roads In 2025 Data Exclusivity Anti Poor, Anti-Farmer, Anti Self-Reliance: Ashwani Mahajan Year Ender 2024: What Donald Trump's Return To White House Means For World Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.