'Only Love for Migrant Workers': Channi Clarifies 'UP-Bihar de Bhaiye' Jibe

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was next to Channi when he had made the comment.

A day after sparking controversy with his 'UP-Bihar de bhaiye' comment, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi issued a clarification on Thursday, 17 February, stating, "My statement is being misconstrued. All the migrant workers who have come to Punjab till date have toiled and taken it on the path to development. We have only love for them, nobody can change it."

He further clarified:

"I was talking about people who come from outside (Durgesh Pathak, Sanjay Singh, and Arvind Kejriwal), and create disruptions here. Punjab is as much of the people of UP-Bihar, Rajasthan, and elsewhere, who come here and work, as it is ours. So, it is not right to present it in any other manner."