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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

Punjab Assembly election | Congress evades a direct response on chief ministerial face in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi during a rally in Patiala recently. (Source: PTI)

A day after the official Twitter handle of the Congress dropped a clear hint that Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi would be party’s chief ministerial face in the upcoming Assembly elections, the party on Tuesday evaded a direct response on the issue.

At a press conference on the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids in multiple locations in Punjab including a relative of Mr. Channi, AICC in-charge for the State Harish Chaudhary referred to Mr. Channi as the “most popular leader in Punjab” but skirted the CM question.

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