Punjab polls: Congress bats for Channi as CM candidate? Party tweets actor Sonu Sood's clip to convey signal

The Congress seems to be backing Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi in the sweepstakes for the chief ministerial candidate in pollbound Punjab with the party officially tweeting a video in which actor Sonu Sood states that the real chief minister is the one who does not have to tell he is the chief ministerial candidateThe video has footage of the Chief Minister Channi taking part in various events and comes amid an apparent tussle between Channi and Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu for being declared the Chief Ministerial candidate ahead of Punjab assembly pollsSidhu who has been talking of changing the system is not seen in the campaign videoActor Sonu Sood whose sister Malvika Sood has been declared Congress candidate from Moga says in the video that the real chief minister the real king is the one who has to be forcibly brought to the chair and who does not have to struggle for itThe real chief minister the real king is the one who has to forcibly brought to the chair and who does not have to struggle for it and does not have to state that I am CM candidate I deserve it He should be such a backbencher who is brought from behind and told that you deserve it Such a chief minister can bring change in the country Sood says in the videoPunjab is saying that now we are with hand Congress poll symbol we will strengthen it the party said in the tweetThe party has not declared a chief ministerial candidateChanni was picked up by Congress leadership after Capt Amarinder Singh resigned as Chief Minister in September last year and the parting of ways was bitterAmid seeming tussle in Punjab Congress over the declaration of chief ministerial candidate ahead of assembly polls Sidhu had said on Thursday last that he is not running for any post and took a swipe at the system which he said could not give justice in sacrilege and drugs casesSidhu in his tweets seemingly threatened the partys government in the state and also the partys central leadership which has made decisions concerning Punjab leadership over the past five yearsIts either this system will stay or Navjot Singh Sidhu he said indicating that he may quit if there is change desired by himHe had also said the system is being run by mafias in connivance of mischievous politiciansA system which could not give justice to our Guru and could not punish the big fishes involved in Drug trade needs to be demolished I categorically state that Im not running for any post and its either this system will stay or Navjot Singh Sidhu he said in a tweetSidhu alleged that the glory of Punjab has been annihilated by the nexus of few political leaders and mafiaThe fight is to change this system which has eroded Punjab like termites and is being run by Mafias in connivance of mischievous politicians This system cries for a change and reforms as the glory of Punjab has been annihilated by the nexus of Few political leaders and Mafia he saidSidhus tweets had come a day after he had said that it was for the people of Punjab to decide who will be the next chief minister of Punjab and not party high commandChanni had also said in an interview that the party should declare a chief ministerial candidate to brighten his prospects in the forthcoming assembly pollsSidhu has in the past has taken on party government in the state over inaction in the cases related to desecration of Guru Granth Sahib and the subsequent police firing in 2015 and drug trade and again referred to these issues in his latest tweetsSidhu had earlier also said that registering an FIR against Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia under NDPS Act was not enough and he will not rest till he is arrested Majithia has been granted interim bail by the High CourtPunjab will now go to the polls on Februray 20 and the ruling Congress in Punjab faces internal challenges apart from a multicornered contestThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever