Amid “UP-Bihar” Row, Charanjit Channi’s Counter Strike On Arvind Kejriwal

Chandigarh:

Smarting from the political assault over his “UP, Bihar, Delhi de bhaiye statement”, Punjab Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has introduced a counter strike on his Delhi counterpart and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal over his former party colleague Kumar Vishwas’s remarks.

Overdue the day gone by evening, Mr Channi shared a duplicate of the Election Fee’s letter taking flight the bar on broadcasting contemporary remarks of Mr Vishwas that experience brought about a row.

Within the accompanying submit, the Punjab Leader Minister steered High Minister Narendra Modi to reserve a probe into the subject. “Politics apart, other people of Punjab have paid a heavy value whilst combating separatism. Hon’ble PM wishes to handle the fear of each Punjabi,” he mentioned in a veiled assault at Mr Kejriwal, with whom he has been buying and selling barbs within the run-up to the Punjab polls the place AAP is a major challenger.

In a video that has now long gone viral and equipped Mr Kejriwal’s political opponents with ammunition amid the heated marketing campaign for Meeting polls in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, Mr Vishwas accused Mr Kejriwal of being power-hungry.

Mr Vishwas is noticed within the video recounting an outdated dialog with the AAP convener. “Sooner or later, he (Mr Kejriwal) instructed me he would both grow to be CM (of Punjab) or first PM of an unbiased country (Khalistan)… he needs chronic at any price,” he’s heard pronouncing.

High Minister Modi referred to Mr Vishwas’s remarks at a rally in Punjab the day gone by and alleged that Mr Kejriwal and his party have the “similar schedule” as Pakistan — “to wreck India… to enroll in palms with separatists to get chronic”. The allegations, he mentioned, will have to be taken severely by way of each voter and citizen.

The video has additionally equipped Mr Channi with a possibility to hit again at his Delhi counterpart at a time when he’s beneath fire for his “UP, Bihar, Delhi de bhaiye” statement.

Right through a ballot rally with Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Punjab, Mr Channi had mentioned: “Priyanka Gandhi is Punjab’s daughter-in-law, she is the bahu of Punjabis. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi de bhaiye can’t come right here and rule. We can no longer permit UP bhaiyas to stray into Punjab.”

What adopted was once an enormous political backlash. Some of the first to hit out was once Mr Kejriwal, who known as the remarks “shameful”. “It is rather shameful. We strongly condemn feedback geared toward anyone or any explicit group,” Mr Kejriwal mentioned.

Mr Channi later issued a rationalization and mentioned his commentary was once twisted. “I simplest supposed other people like Durgesh Pathak, Sanjay Singh and Arvind Kejriwal (Aam Aadmi Party leaders) who come from out of doors and purpose disruptions,” he mentioned in a video commentary.