Overview
- Channi did not attend the Congress Working Committee meeting in Delhi on Wednesday and told reporters he had a university examination to take.
- He sat a Master’s in Public Administration paper at Panjab University on Thursday and a photograph of him in the exam hall circulated online.
- Channi said he had written permission from the Congress high command to skip the CWC because missing the paper would delay his degree and research plans.
- Some party insiders and reports flagged inconsistencies in the exam timetable and said the timing and optics of the absence have intensified factional speculation within the Punjab Congress.
- The episode sharpens a pre-existing split between Channi supporters and state president Raja Warring’s camp and puts pressure on central leaders, who are expected to intervene before Rahul Gandhi’s planned Punjab engagements.