Let the law take its own course, says Phoolka on Khaira
CHANDIGARH: When he gave up the post of leader of opposition in the assembly “to de vote more time to fight court cases of 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims”, senior Supreme Court advocate and A am A ad mi Party MLA from Dakha , HS Phoolka, had taken a high moral ground.
And he had endorsed Sukhpal SinghKhaira as his replacement.
But, as Khaira faces his worst political crisis owing to summons in a drug case by a Fazilka court, Phooka, now in political wilderness, has again taken the high moral ground.
Here mains non-committ a lon backing Khaira, saying he only wants to focus on development of his constituency.
“The matter is in court. Let the law take its own course. I am nobody to comment on a matter that is sub jud ice. The party has to take a call on the issue and, whatever stand the party takes, will be my stand ,” was Phoolka’ s reply to questions at a press briefing here to project some of the welfare initiatives taken by him in his constituency.
The former leader of opposition is making the right noises as he has lost relevance in statepolitics after giving up the post. Khaira, with his firebrand politics and penchant for unearthing scoops against political opponents, has made the AAP effectively a one-man showin Punjab. That’ s something even A AP state president Bhagwant Mann and co-president Am an Ar ora re sent, it is learnt.
With support of ally Lo k Ins aaf Party (LIP) — which has two MLAs in the equally combative Bains brothers of Ludhiana — Khaira had been revelling in his brand of politics until the summons came.
While the SAD-BJP may make the most of the assembly session that starts Monday to corner K hair a; and the Congress too may make some noise; Phoolka skipped Friday’s meet where A A P-LIP ML As chalked out their strategy to counter the attacks,
Phoolka explained his absence by saying, “Whatever stand the party would take inside the assembly session, I would go by it.”
He was also earlier absent from a press conference held by K hair a along with AA PM L As to show solidarity with him.
“I have confined myself to my constituency and the cases of 1984 riots. I am travelling only between Delhiand Dakha. As far as making strategies for political issues is concerned, many other MLAs are experts in it. I hardly have any time for that,” said Phoolka.
The battle for succession within the AAP is on, and Phoolka may not mind re gaining the lost plot.