Previous Punjab boss pastor Charanjit Singh Channi was on Sunday enlisted as a part in the redid, 39-part Congress Working Board (CWC), declared by party president Mallikarjun Kharge. Channi, a conspicuous Dalit face of the party, is the main chief from Punjab to have come to the public level dynamic body of the party as an ordinary part.
Two other party pioneers from Punjab — Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari and previous vice president pastor and current party undertakings in-control in survey bound Rajasthan Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa — were additionally accepted in the CWC as long-lasting invitees.
Channi's consideration in the CWC accepts importance in front of the Lok Sabha decisions one year from now. In the expressions of a senior Punjab Congress pioneer, Channi's determination proposes the central leadership keeps on thinking of him as the smartest option for Punjab, something that had raised Channi up the positions in September 2021, when he was picked as Punjab boss clergyman.
"His determination likewise misrepresents the thought of numerous that his chart had fallen according to the top chiefs at the Middle, and builds up his remaining before the party central leadership," said a senior Punjab Congress pioneer.
Channi's height to the CM's post was to a great extent credited to him being an unmistakable Dalit face in the state, around 33% of the number of inhabitants wherein is Dalit. Resulting to his choice as the Punjab CM, to supplant the occupant CM Skipper Amarinder Singh, Channi was additionally declared as the boss pastoral face of the party for the February 2022 Gathering surveys in the state.
Driving a high-decibel crusade for the 2022 state races, he was captured draining a goat, halting his parade to converse with conventional individuals, breaking into an improvised bhangra and playing a round of football, aside from making egalitarian declarations, for example, diminishing power rates, cutting Tank on fuel and diminishing paces of sand and rock for development.
In the races, Channi was handled from his pocket precinct of Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur. He lost the two seats. The party, as well, fared ineffectively, winding up with a count of 18, down from 77 out of 2017.