“Well Done, Rahul”: BJP Takes A #MeToo Dig Over Punjab Choice

New Delhi:

The BJP right this moment took a swipe on the Congress over its Punjab chief ministerial choose Charanjit Singh Channi, citing reported allegations that he had despatched an inappropriate textual content to an IAS officer in 2018.

BJP chief Amit Malviya, who’s its IT division head, tweeted, “Congress’s CM choose Charanjit Channi faces motion in a 3-year-old MeToo case. He had allegedly despatched an inappropriate textual content to a lady IAS officer in 2018. It was lined up however the case resurfaced when Punjab Ladies’s Fee despatched discover. Properly completed, Rahul.”

Congress’s CM choose Charanjit Channi faces motion in a 3-year-old #MeToo case. He had allegedly despatched an inappropriate textual content to a lady IAS officer in 2018. It was lined up however the case resurfaced when Punjab Ladies’s Fee despatched discover.
Properly completed, Rahul.https://t.co/5OV70lwjWT

— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) September 19, 2021

The difficulty had resurfaced in Might this yr when the Punjab ladies panel chief threatened to go on a starvation strike if the state authorities didn’t apprise her inside per week of its stand on the “inappropriate textual content” message allegedly despatched by Channi, who was then a minister within the Amarinder Singh authorities.

Punjab Ladies Fee chairperson Manisha Gulati had stated she had written to the chief secretary, looking for the federal government’s motion taken report.

Amit Malviya additionally posted a narrative reported in Might this yr that stated that outgoing chief minister Amarinder Singh’s rivals inside the get together had accused him of “hounding” them with previous circumstances.

Following the 2018 allegation, the Punjab Ladies Fee had taken suo motu cognizance of the matter and had sought the federal government’s stand even then.

At the moment, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had requested Mr Channi to tender an apology to the lady officer and had stated he believed the matter had been “resolved” to her satisfaction.

Mr Channi was elected the chief of the Congress Legislature Celebration in Punjab on Sunday and would be the subsequent chief minister, succeeding Amarinder Singh who resigned a day in the past following a bitter energy tussle within the state unit.