SEEKING TO address issues over which his predecessor, Amarinder Singh, had faced criticism, new Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, in his first remarks after taking oath on Monday, underlined his accessibility as an “aam aadmi”, assured support to farmers and the poor, and “justice” in the Bargari sacrilege case.
Ahead of the Assembly elections in the state next year, Channi promised a reduction in power tariff, free power and water supply to farmers and the poor, waiver of their pending power and water bills of the last five years, and a transparent “people’s government”.
