Fight from Lambi alone, Sukhbir tells Capt
If he (Captain) has guts, then he should contest the elections only from Lambi. We will ensure that his security deposits are forfeited. SUKHBIR SINGH BADAL, deputy CM and SAD chief
LUDHIANA: A day after Captain Amarinder Singh announced that he will contest from the Lambi assembly segment—the bastion of Punjab chief minister Prakash Singh Badal —deputy chief minister and SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday dared the former to contest the election from one place.
“Amarinder is welcome to fight the election from Lambi, but then he should not file nomination from Patiala. He should stop making such dramas and if he has guts then he should contest the election only from one place,” said Sukhbir on the sidelines of a rally at Raikot from where SAD has fielded Inder Iqbal Singh, son of Vidhan Sabha speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal. “Unu kaho ke hun mukre na (he must now not backtrack from what he has said) He should now be prepared to face consequences. Not only he will lose with a huge margin, but we will ensure that his security deposits are also forfeited,” said Sukhbir. On AAP leader Bhagwant Mann’s statement that fearing defeat at Jalalabad, Sukhbir could file his nomination from another constituency too, the deputy CM said, “We have already declared candidates for all constituencies. I will not be filing nomination from any other constituency.”
On how strong a chance AAP stands in the elections, Badal said, “In the Majha and Doaba regions, AAP stands nowhere . In Malwa, it has some presence but it has fielded candidates on only 21 seats. There will be a three-corner fight in the Malwa only.”