Chandigarh: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is said to have been positioning himself as the chief minister candidate of Congress in the state, a senior party leader confirmed rumors that Congress won’t announce a Chief Minister face for the upcoming state assembly elections.

The top faces of the party in Punjab come from diverse communities, aimed at strengthening numbers by tapping into vote banks of all electorally significant groups. The chief minister Channi is from the Dalit community, state party chief Sidhu is a Jat Sikh, Jakhar, a Jat, is heading the election campaign committee, and two deputy chief ministers – Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, a Jat Sikh, and OP Soni from the Hindu community. The grand old party appears to try to make a delicate balance.

“They are running away from facing the people. They do not even have excuses now. Earlier, there were farmers and their protests. Now even they have gone. Why are they running away now?” he questioned.