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Charanjit Singh Channi to be the face of Chief Minister for Congress in Punjab

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Charanjit Singh Channi will be Congress’ Chief Ministerial face for Punjab, Rahul Gandhi  announced on Sunday, ahead of forthcoming assembly elections to be held in one single phase on February 20. Rahul Gandhi declared the name in Ludhiana during a virtual rally.

Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Congress’ state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu were the main contenders to be the CM face for the party though both have assured Gandhi that whosoever was chosen they will stand by the decision.

During his last visit to Punjab on January 27, Gandhi while addressing a virtual rally in Jalandhar had announced that the Congress will soon declare its chief ministerial face for the February 20 elections and a decision on it will be taken after consulting party workers.

Senior Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa, meanwhile, told a TV channel that in his personal opinion there should be a status quo as far as an announcement of the CM face is concerned. He further said there was not going to be a “big gain” with the announcement of the chief ministerial candidate.

Besides taking feedback from the leaders and workers of the party, the Congress sought the opinion of the public on who should be its CM candidate through an automated call system.

In the tele-survey, the voters were given three options–Channi, Sidhu or go without CM face–through a pre-recorded message.

The Congress was under pressure for announcing its CM candidate particularly when the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP), which is also the main contender for power in the multi-cornered electoral contest, named Bhagwat Mann as its chief ministerial face.

Earlier, the Congress had been maintaining that it would go to the polls under collective leadership.

For the last several weeks, both Channi and Sidhu have, directly or indirectly, made a case to be declared as the party’s nominee for the top post.

Certain party leaders threw their weight behind Channi who is the first Dalit chief minister of Punjab.

There is a feeling in the Congress that Channi could bring electoral gains to the party especially in areas where there is a sizeable number of scheduled caste population and the ruling party would like to consolidate the SC vote bank.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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