File picture of former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi. Mr. Channi has been requested to appear before the Vigilance Bureau on April 14 in reference to a disproportionate property case.
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Former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has been requested to appear before the Vigilance Bureau on April 14 for questioning in a disproportionate property case, State Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring mentioned.
The Vigilance Bureau had initially requested Mr. Channi to appear for questioning on April 12. He, nevertheless, requested for one more date to be part of the investigation, which the Bureau allowed, asking him to appear on April 20 at its Mohali workplace.
“But today, the bureau advanced the date from April 20 to April 14,” Mr. Warring mentioned on Thursday.
The Punjab Congress chief slammed the AAP authorities over the development of the date, alleging that it exposes the celebration’s “anti-Dalit face and vendetta politics”.
Mr. Channi was in Jalandhar on Thursday accompanying Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha bypoll Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary for submitting her nomination papers.
Congress candidate Karamjit Kaur information her nomination papers for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha byelection in presence of celebration leaders Charanjit Singh Channi, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Navjot Singh Sidhu, on April 13, 2023.
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The Vigilance Bureau has been inquiring into allegations of Mr. Channi amassing property disproportionate to his identified supply of earnings. Last month, the bureau had issued a lookout round in opposition to the previous Chief Minister.
Senior Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa too lambasted the Bhagwant Mann authorities for the recent summons in opposition to Mr. Channi.
“I strongly condemn the dictatorial and vengeful attitude of the @AAPPunjab govt for getting former CM Charanjit Singh Channi re-summoned from vigilance bureau on the eve of Dr Ambedkar Jayanti tomorrow, despite the fact that he had taken time till April 20 and the VB had agreed,” mentioned Mr. Bajwa in a tweet.
