Key Highlights
- While speaking during a meeting of the party's Scheduled Caste (SC) wing in Chandigarh on Saturday (January 17, 2026), Mr.
- Channi said, "In Punjab, if you accept that there is a population of 35-38% [of Dalits], which is there, then why are we not getting representation." He also said, "Punjab [Congress] president is from upper caste, CLP leader is from upper caste, women wing of Punjab Congress from upper caste, Punjab [Congress] general secretary from upper caste?
- Where do we go?
- Where will these people go?" Mr.
- Channi, a prominent party leader from the Dalit community, was accompanied in the meeting by Rajendra Gautam, the chairman of the All India Congress Committee's SC department.
