Chandigarh Jan 24 PTI Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday dubbed AAPs survey to select its CM face for the state Assembly polls a scam and deceptive scheme and said his party has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against it Sidhu also launched a scathing attack against Aam Aadmi Party AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal calling him a trickster and hypocrite Addressing reporters at a press conference here Sidhu urged the Election Commission to register criminal cases against AAP for running a fake campaign AAP had announced its Punjab unit chief Bhagwant Mann as its CM face last week following a survey in which people were asked to call on a phone number to give their preference Kejriwal had claimed that they had received over 2159 lakh responses from January 13 to 17 under the Janta Chunegi Apna CM campaign and 933 per cent people had given Bhagwant Manns name Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu got 36 per cent votes the Delhi chief minister had added The Congress leader said this many calls cant be received on a private number over a few days If we try to fit this data into mathematical calculations then it does not make sense at all Usually such calls take at least 15 seconds then only 5760 calls can be attended in one day and that shall add up to 23040 calls in four days he said It is a deceptive scam to trick people This is exactly what he Kejriwal has done he said This mechanism of deceit to create an illusion and propaganda of fake news is a complete violation of the model code of conduct and the Election Commission of India should take strict notice of it Sidhu said He said the Congress has complained to the election panel as to how Kejriwal is trying to befool people of Punjab through dirty tricks Kejriwal is a trickster and a hypocrite said Sidhu I will expose this hypocrite he is a habitual liar This was an avoidable lie Why would you create all this nonsense and propaganda to do something like this But if he has done this it is not the first time We have seen earlier how he went on an apology-tendering spree including Bikram Singh Majithia said Sidhu In the complaint to the Election Commission Sidhu has written that AAP received around 7 lakh WhatsApp messages 250 lakh voice messages and approximately 8 lakh voice calls Sidhu urged the poll panel to register criminal cases against AAP Due an inquiry be conducted and in case this campaign is found to be fake in such an instance the Election Commission is requested to register criminal cases against the Aam Aadmi Party through its national president Arvind Kejriwal under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code wrote Sidhu in a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner Reacting to the charge AAP leader Raghav Chadha said Sidhus pain is that he only over 3 per cent votes in the AAPs campaign His own party does not take him seriously then why should we take him seriously Chadha said Sidhu is the drama queen of Punjab politics Sidhu used unparliamentary language against AAP and our leader Arvind Kejriwal we condemn it He is frustrated that he was not made the CM when Amarinder Singh was removed His party has not declared him CM face so far and no other party is willing to take him so all his frustrations are coming out he said The AAP leader further said Sidhus mission is to divert the real issue which is illegal mining racket the leader said After the Enforcement Directorate raids entire Punjab is seeking answer from the Congress and the chief minister he said When AAP carried out a raid in December and exposed how illegal sand mining was going on at Jindapur village in Chief Minister Channis Chamkaur Sahib constituency Sidhu had maintained complete silence Sidhu who keeps speaking about cable mafia drug mafia other mafia did not utter a word when we exposed the illegal activity said Chadha PTI CHS SUN VSD RDK RDK

Chandigarh [India], January 24 (ANI): Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over its campaign "Janta chunegi Apna CM" with respect to the selection of their chief ministerial face through telephonic calls alleging that it is fake propaganda as the same is not mathematically viable.