amritsar punjab pradesh congress committee ppcc president navjot singh sidhus supporters in his assembly constituency amritsar east are dismayed over charanjit singh channi beating him as the congress partys chief minister cm face for the february 20 assembly polls in the state on the other hand activists of candidates opposing him are elated and take it as their first step towards the victory of their respective candidates during a visit to amritsar east from where sidhu is contesting assembly elections against akali heavyweight bikram singh majithia it was observed that most sidhu supporters were resentful but quiet when asked for their reaction a few however accused the congress high command of bowing under the pressure of unprincipled and shady leadersactivists of opponent parties too had remained glued to their tv sets to hear rahul gandhis announcement on the cm face pinda who runs a sweet shop said the wave was in favour of congress so far because everybody was sure that rahul will would pick sidhu but now it would be the sameold story even if congress won there wouldnt be any new punjab he saidpunjab pradesh congress committee general secretary joginderpal dhingra rubbished this congress is united and every congress worker will put in their might for the partys victory sidhu has already announced to abide by the decision of rahul gandhi he saidaap spokesperson gurbhej singh who was campaigning in support of aaps candidate in amritsar east constituency said it was congress partys internal decision we have no comment to make but our graph has gone up he said adding that the congress partys decision would have no impact on their electoral prospectsanother congress leader who didnt wish to give his name said the situation had become more unpredictable one thing is sure rahuls decision has given muchneeded ammunition to sidhus opponents especially in his own constituency said the leader he added they were expecting congress to benefit by 24 votes by the decision but not because of picking up channi but because of rejecting sidhua teacher by profession kajal sharma said sidhu was the only political leader who gave them hope to be a permanent teacher from temporary one but now i dont know what will happen said sharma