Punjab Polls: CM Channi Calls AAP's Bhagwant Mann ‘Drunkard and Illiterate’

He questioned the decision of Kejriwal to field a candidate in Punjab who “took three years to pass 12th class.”

In the run-up to the Punjab Assembly elections, Chief Minister (CM) Charanjit Singh Channi took a jab at Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP’s) CM candidate Bhagwant Mann by calling him “a drunkard and illiterate person” while addressing a public gathering in Bhatinda on Thursday, 17 February, reported news agency ANI.

He also questioned the decision of AAP National Conveyor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal of fielding a candidate to take command of Punjab who “took three years to pass 12^th class.”

Channi said,

“Bhagwant Mann is a drunkard and illiterate person. He passed 12th class in three years. How can we give command of Punjab to such a person?”