Sidhu, Chadha exchange barbs over farm laws, Cong infighting in Punjab
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab affairs co-incharge Raghav Chadha traded barbs on Twitter on Friday over the three contentious agriculture laws.
The war of words between the two broke out on the microblogging site after Sidhu hit out at Delhi chief minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, accusing the party of “exploiting farmers.”
“Exploitation of farmers and decreasing prices even on crops where MSP is announced – @Arvindkejriwal Ji you notified the Private Mandi’s central black law! Has it been de-notified or the masquerading is still going on?” Sidhu tweeted.
He also posted a video message
in which he accused the AAP of tearing copies of the central laws in the Delhi assembly to “stage a drama”.
Chadha, who is also the national spokesperson of the AAP, got back at the Congress leader by raking up his rift with chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh.
“The Rakhi Sawant of Punjab politics – Navjot Singh Sidhu – has received a scolding from Congress high command for nonstop rant against Capt. Therefore today, for a change, he went after Arvind Kejriwal. Wait till tomorrow for he shall resume his diatribe against Capt with vehemence,” he tweeted.
Responding to the AAP leader’s dig, Sidhu tweeted, “They say man descended from the apes and the monkeys. Looking at your mind @raghav_chadha I believe you are still descending! You still haven’t answered my question about notifying the Farm Laws by your Government (sic)”.
He further slammed the BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and called both parties two sides of the same coin.
“BJP a lost cause in Punjab, trying to make a back door entry through their long term ally the Akali Dal...desperate to make them heroes but they will remain ‘Zeros’ in Punjab...both parties are two sides of the same coin!” he said.