Will Channi's 'Bhaiye' Remark Cost Cong? Lakhs of Migrants are a Strong Poll Hammer in Punjab Now
News 18With politics heating up in Punjab over Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s remarks over ‘UP, Bihar bhaiyas ’, one is forced to ask: what lies at the center of this heated debate, and does it signal a major setback for the Congress’s CM face with just two days to go before the assembly elections? Will not let the ‘Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi de bhaiye’, who have come here to rule, enter the state.” However, his statement invited massive criticism, right from Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At a personal level, despite my mother being a Jat Sikh and my father being the foremost exponent of Punjab – Punjabi- Punjabiyat who laid down his life for Hindu-Sikh amity, because of my surname name, it is said behind my back ‘Eh Bhaiya Kithon Agha’ peppered with the choicest expletives in Punjabi – We have to root it out,” he said on Twitter. Many leaders are Channi Circles Back After the onslaught of criticism, Channi and the Congress cadre seemed to understand the political repercussions the statement could bring, with the CM’s clarification aimed at assuaging migrants — “My statements were distorted.
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