'Private jet not an aam aadmi's ride'; SAD takes a dig at Punjab Congress as new CM, Sidhu fly to Delhi

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, September 21

Even before PPCC chief Navjot Sidhu, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi and one of his deputies landed in New Delhi, the SAD was quick to take a jibe at the Congress leaders for taking a private jet to meet the Congress high command.

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Channi, along with his two deputies and Sidhu, has gone to Delhi to meet senior Congress leaders. On agenda is the implementation of the 18-point agenda and discussion on the new cabinet.

Former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s media advisor Raveen Thukral took a dig at the new chief minister.

“Wow….what a ‘gareeban di sarkar’! A 16-seater Learjet to ferry 4 people when a 5-seater official chopper was available. I’m now beginning to feel I sleepwalked through the last 4 & a half years, believing Punjab to be in a fiscal mess. My bad!,” he tweeted. 

Before leaving for Delhi by air, Sidhu tweeted a picture. He wrote: “In line of duty !!”

The SAD was quick to react, saying: “After saying that they stand with the common man, INC leaders take private jets to travel just 250 KMs from Chandigarh to Delhi. Are there no normal flights or cars that can be used? Or is this chest thumping aimed at propagation of Gandhi family’s Delhi Darbar culture?”

“I am aam aadmi..this is aam aadmi sarkar,” Channi had said in his first media address after taking over as chief minister.