Charanjit Singh Channi to be new Punjab Chief Minister

Punjab minister Charanjit Singh Channi is said as the brand new chief minister of Punjab. Congress chief Harish Rawat took to Twitter to make the announcement.
It provides me immense pleasure to announce that Sh. #CharanjitSinghChanni has been unanimously elected because the Leader of the Congress Legislature Party of Punjab.@INCIndia @RahulGandhi @INCPunjab pic.twitter.com/iboTOvavPd— Harish Rawat (@harishrawatcmuk) September 19, 2021
Prior to him, there have been experiences of Congress chief Sukhjinder Randhawa being chosen the brand new chief minister of Punjab. Navjot Singh Sidhu and Ambika Soni have been additionally frontrunners within the race to turn out to be the chief minister of Punjab after the sudden resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday.
In October 2018, Channi was accused of sending inappropriate messages to a girl IAS officer. The matter was ‘resolved’ to the lady officer’s satisfaction, experiences stated. The girl officer had alleged Channi had despatched her a number of messages to which she had objected however he continued to ship them. When one message was despatched late at night time, she had determined to object and escalate the matter. Turns out he had despatched an Urdu couplet to the lady officer ‘by mistake’ which she objected to. He, nonetheless, later apologised for a similar.
Channi is an MLA from Chamkaur Sahib Assembly constituency.
Amarinder Singh had on Saturday stated that he felt humiliated by the style during which he has been handled by the Congress celebration and resigned as Punjab CM. His resignation got here after months of dispute with the Congress excessive command over the better affect of Navjot Singh Sidhu inside the celebration.