Charanjit Channi Won't Be Elected MLA: Arvind Kejriwal's Telepoll Claim

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today claimed that Punjab Chief Minister Channi is losing from both seats he is contesting and this has been confirmed through another of their telepolls, which was repeated thrice.

Campaigning in Punjab's Amritsar, Mr Kejriwal said, "Channi Saheb is fighting from Chamkaur Sahib and from Bhadaur. We have conducted a survey thrice, Channi Saheb is losing from both seats".

The Aam Aadmi Party, he said, will get 52 per cent votes in Chamkaur. It Bhadaur, it will get 48 per cent votes, the AAP chief said.

"When he (Mr Channi) won't become an MLA, then who will become the Chief Minister?" Mr Kejriwal said.

The party's Chief Ministerial candidate in Punjab, Bhagwant Mann, ridiculed the Congress, pointing to the infighting.

"The Congress candidates are waiting for a star campaigner, but Navjot Sidhu is not campaigning, Sunil Jakhar is not campaigning," Mr Mann said.

"The Congress has become a circus, fighting with each other... I don't know who is doing what. How can those who are fighting among themselves save Punjab?" he demanded.

Mr Kejriwal earlier named Mr Mann the party's Chief Ministerial candidate after holding a telepoll.

The AAP leader, he said, had polled 93 per cent votes, far ahead of Mr Channi or Mr Sidhu. The latter, he said, polled only 3 per cent votes, pushing the cricketer-turned-politician to challenge the telepoll results before the Election Commission.

In the 2017 assembly election, the Congress party won 77 of the 117 constituencies of Punjab. '

In the 2017 election, AAP had won 20 seats, emerging a distant second to the Congress, which won 77 of the state's 117 seats.

The Akali Dal had won 15 seats and the BJP, its then alliance partner,
won three seats.

This time, AAP has ticked all boxes, announcing a Chief Ministerial candidate and coming up with a 23-point Delhi-style manifesto, promising free power and water, weeks ahead of the election.
Punjab will vote on February 20 and the results will be declared on March 10.