DW BUREAU / chandigarh Taking a dig at Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's claim of "aam aadmi sarkar", the Shiromani Akali Dal on Tuesday questioned the use of a chartered flight to Delhi by him and his deputies. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) too slammed the Congress, saying the party could not "give up its "royal habits". Channi, his two deputies and Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday flew to Delhi in a chartered flight to hold discussions over the new state Cabinet with the party's central leadership, according to sources. Slamming the Congress leaders, the SAD in a tweet said, "After saying that they stand with the common man, INC leaders take private jets to travel just 250 kms from Chandigarh to Delhi. Are there no normal flights or cars that can be used?" "Or is this chest thumping aimed at propagation of Gandhi family's Delhi darbar culture," the party tweeted. AAP MLA and the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, Harpal Singh Cheema, too said, "No one becomes a common man by saying it, only his deeds reveal the truth of his personality." Real faces of Channi, Sidhu and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who were calling themselves poor common men a day before, have been exposed, said Cheema in an apparent reference to the Punjab CM's statement in which he mentioned about his humble origin. The Congress could not give up its "royal habits", he further said in a statement here. In Delhi, the Congress leaders were expected to meet AICC general secretary Harish Rawat and other party leaders for deliberations on cabinet expansion, said party sources. Sidhu uploaded a photo of him in which he was seen with Channi and Deputy CM Randhawa beside a chartered plane. Channi held talks with Congress leaders in the national capital on Tuesday about cabinet formation. Channi, his two deputies Sukhjinder Randhawa and O P Soni, along with state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu met AICC general secretary KC Venugopal and held deliberations. AICC general secretary in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Rawat was also present during the meeting. The Congress also approved the names of Pargat Singh and Yoginder Pal Dhingra as new general secretaries of the Punjab Congress Committee. Gulzar Inder Chahal was appointed as the PPCC treasurer, according to an official AICC statement. Channi, his two deputies and Sidhu earlier met veteran party leader Ambika Soni at her residence. They met Venugopal at his residence along with Rawat and discussed the formulation of the new Punjab Cabinet. Channi and others were to meet Rahul Gandhi, but the meeting could not take place as he is not in Delhi. Punjab's new chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi took oath at the Raj Bhawan on Monday. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also attended Channi's oath taking ceremony at Chandigarh. Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, state in-charge Harish Rawat and senior party leader Sunil Jakhar were also present. A minister in the outgoing Amarinder Singh Cabinet, Channi's selection assumes significance as the Congress faces the assembly polls in less than five months. The 58-year-old three-time legislator from Chamkaur Sahib assembly constituency in Rupnagar district had joined the Congress in 2012 and was holding the portfolios of Technical Education, Industrial Training, Employment Generation and Tourism and Cultural Affairs in the outgoing Amarinder Singh-led cabinet.He had along with three other ministers rebelled against Amarinder Singh while choosing to side with the camp of state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. With barely five months left for the assembly polls, the announcement of a Dalit face as chief minister by the Congress assumes significance as Dalits constitute nearly 32 percent of the state's population. The Doaba region - Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, SBS Nagar and Kapurthala districts - has the highest population of Dalits. The Shiromani Akali Dal, which has joined hands with the BSP, has already announced that the deputy chief minister post will be given to a Dalit if it wins the assemby polls, while the Aam Admi Party too is sensing a victory as its rivals remain in disarray. (editor@dailyworld.in)