After enormous pressure from Punjab congress Chief NavjotSingh Sidhu, the Channi government ultimately bowed to his demands and decidedto remove APS Deol from the post of Advocate General.
Sidhu, who last week withdrew his resignation as PPCCchief had given a final ultimatum to CM Channi and said "they can choosebetween him and compromised officials."
Following the stalemate dispute, CM Channi in an attemptto present a united front held a press conference along with Mr Sidhu in thestate capital and announced, among other Cabinet decisions, that Mr Deol'sresignation has been accepted.
The development has confirmed that even though Channi isnamed for Chief Minister’s chair, Sidhu is the “Super CM” of Punjab.
The decision taken by Channi government is receivingbacklash from other Congressmen who ask “Whose government is it Anyway?”
The scenario in Punjab, without any doubt, can becompared to the 2013 incident when former PM of India- Dr Manmohan Singh wasused as a puppet by Congress.
In 2013, Rahul Gandhi had torn up an ordinance onconvicted lawmakers when Dr Manmohan Singh was Prime Minister of the UPAgovernment. Following the incident, Manmohan Singh was ready to quit as PM,however he did not. Only after that did the country start to recognize Dr Singhas a ‘dummy PM’ of Gandhi family.
Now, Sidhu can be seen following the footsteps of RahulGandhi.
Notably, after the removal of Captain Amarinder Singh,Sidhu desired to be the CM. However, party leadership, in order to woo Dalitvoters, named Charanjit Singh Channi as the CM. Since then Sidhu is attackingthe newly made CM over several issues.
Just a day after Channi announced his Cabinet ofministers, Sidhu tendered his resignation as party unit chief accusing CM ofappointing “compromised” individuals in his government. From the appointment ofAG and DGP to overprice electricity issue in state, Sidhu has targeted Channigovernment and ultimately made the CM bow in front of his demands.
Congressaverts another crisis
Congress averted yet another crisis in Punjab as theChanni government accepted APS Deol's resignation on Tuesday. Now, the new AGwill be appointed on Wednesday.
In a joint press conference with Sidhu, CM Channi said,"Jitthe chalenga, chalungi naal tere, tikta do le lein" (wherever yougo, I will go with you, take two tickets). This clearly demonstrated CMChanni's helplessness, as Sidhu and the party leadership became obstacles tohis work despite his position as CM.