Oppn joins forces to hit out at Cong over infighting in Punjab
NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Captain Amarinder Singh’s resignation as Punjab chief minister is an admission by the Congress that it failed to perform and has nothing to show for its tenure of over four-and-a-half years, said Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday, as Opposition parties mounted an attack on the state’s ruling Congress.
Declaring that he felt humiliated, Singh on Saturday resigned as chief minister of Punjab, capping a months-long power tussle between him and Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was recently made state party president much against Singh’s wishes.
In a statement, Akali chief Badal said: “The Congress party cannot hope to save its incompetent government and befool Punjabis with a mere change of face.”
The Congress high command’s ploy to avert a backlash against the party by putting the blame on one person will not succeed, he added. “Punjabis know that the entire Congress party in Punjab is known for open loot and lawlessness. Its ministers and MLAS patronized gangsters. Its ministers looted the State exchequer of thousands of crores...”
Joining the chorus, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called on the people of Punjab to choose it in the elections early next year, saying that it alone can give the state a stable and progressive government. “The Congress in Punjab is licking the dust to revive itself,” said BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh.
Chugh termed Singh’s resignation
The Congress can’t hope to save its incompetent government and befool Punjabis with a mere change of face. SUKHBIR SINGH BADAL, Akali Dal president
a “panic reaction” of the Congress’s high command to salvage the party’s situation.
“The mafia raj of the Congress in Punjab would prove to be the last nail in its coffin in Punjab,” he added.
Governance biggest casualty in Cong’s ‘Game of Thrones’: AAP Governance in Punjab has been the biggest casualty in the Congress’ “Game of Thrones”, the opposition AAP said on Saturday after chief minister Amarinder Singh resigned following months of a power tussle in the ruling party.
In a video message, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Raghav Chadha said the issues of Punjab have been put on the back burner amid a power struggle in the ruling party.
“Congress has cheated the people of Punjab. They do not care about the welfare of Punjab, but their own personal happiness. Congress is a drowning Titanic that neither has vision nor commitment or performance,” Chadha said in Punjabi.