Is there space for ‘humiliation, ‘insult’ in Cong, asks Capt
CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday referred to his “humiliation” by the Congress and asked the party leadership if he is treated like this, what would be the fate of common workers.
Singh, who quit as the CM after a bitter fight with party colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu for control of the party, was responding to Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate’s “there is no room for anger in the party” remarks in Delhi.
“Yes, there’s no space for anger in politics. But is there space for humiliation & insult in a grand old party like @Incindia? If a senior party leader like me can be treated like this, I wonder what the workers must go through!” Singh said in a tweet posted by his media adviser Raveen Thukral.
A day after Singh lashed out at the Congress leadership for his humiliation, calling party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra “inexperienced”,. Congress spokesperson Shrinate said Singh is an elder and may have stated things out of anger.
“We hope that he will rethink on his own words while showing
AMARINDER WAS RESPONDING TO CONGRESS SPOKESPERSON’S ‘THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ANGER IN THE PARTY’ REMARKS
prudence...,” Shrinate added.
Meanwhile, Haryana home minister Anil Vij termed Singh’s exit a ”political murder”, which he said was done as the “nationalist” leader was a hurdle in the party’s “gameplan”.
“There is a deep-rooted, antinational conspiracy of the Congress to bring Navjot Singh Sidhu, a Pak supporter, to power so that Punjab and Pakistan could flock together in future,” Vij said.