Charanjit Chhani | Arvind Kejriwal
Give Rs. 5000 to Arvind Kejriwal to get a nice 'suit boot': Charanjit Singh Channi
New Delhi/IBNS: In a crass comment, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said that his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal should be given Rs. 5,000 to get a "suit-boot".
"Do you have ₹ 5,000? Everyone has it. Give it to him (Mr Kejriwal) too... at least he can get nice clothes... can't he get a suit-boot? His salary is ₹ 2,50,000, can't he get nice clothes," Chhani said.
The comment triggered a response from Arvind Kejriwal, who switched focus to the ruling Congress's track record ahead of next year's election.
"Channi sahib, you don't like my clothes. No problem... (but) leave the clothes. When will you fulfill these promises," Kejriwal tweeted - a reference to promises made ahead of the 2017 election.
"When will you give employment to every unemployed; When will you waive the loans of farmers; Why not send those guilty of sacrilege (a reference to the 2015 desecration case) to jail; When will action be taken against tainted ministers, MLAs and officers?"
चन्नी साहिब, आपको मेरे कपड़े पसंद नहीं। कोई बात नहीं। जनता को पसंद हैं
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 6, 2021
कपड़े छोड़ो। ये वादे कब पूरे करोगे?
1. हर बेरोज़गार को रोज़गार कब दोगे
2. किसानों के क़र्ज़े कब माफ़ करोगे
3. बेअदबी के दोषियों को जेल क्यों नहीं भेजते
4. दागी मंत्रियों, MLA और अफ़सरों पर ऐक्शन कब लोगे https://t.co/EKw2rd8qdB
Channi, who last month replaced Amarinder Singh as Punjab CM, was asked by news channel ABP about Kejriwal's comment that the Congress had made a "tamasha (mockery)" of Punjab.
To this he responded with the 'suit-boot' comment.
The AAP and the Congress are set to go head-to-head in next year's Assembly election.
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