SAD asks Cong to announce CM face for Punjab polls
Chandigarh Sep 22 PTI Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday asked the Congress to announce its CM face for the next years Assembly polls saying people want to know who is their real leader The statement came two days after the Congress said it will fight the Punjab elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state party president Navjot Singh Sidhu and both will their faces The Congress went into damage control after it came under attack from various parties over the statement of its general secretary Harish Rawat that the party would go to polls with Sidhu as it face First the Congress high command announced one name but when an objection was raised it has now announced two names Soon there may be three leaders who will be given this assignment Punjabis want to know who is the real leader Badal said in a statement here Badal said all this proved that the fight in the Congress had nothing to do with any public issue but it was for the top post The fight was also for the spoils of power While the outgoing leadership has looted the state the incoming one wants to grab the chance to do the same in the next three months he alleged The truth is that the entire Congress party is responsible for failing Punjabis he said Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi were behind the partys election manifesto and had endorsed all promises made by former chief minister Amarinder Singh he stated None of these promises have been honoured Instead of doing this the Congress now wants to befool people with a change of guard Punjabis are not so foolish They will give a befitting answer to the Congress in the 2022 Assembly elections he said Meanwhile Congressman and entrepreneur Jagdev Singh Boparai joined the Akali Dal in the presence of Badal PTI CHS VSD RDK RDK
Chandigarh Sep 22 PTI Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday asked the Congress to announce its CM face for the next years Assembly polls saying people want to know who is their real leader The statement came two days after the Congress said it will fight the Punjab elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state party president Navjot Singh Sidhu and both will their faces The Congress went into damage control after it came under attack from various parties over the statement of its general secretary Harish Rawat that the party would go to polls with Sidhu as it face First the Congress high command announced one name but when an objection was raised it has now announced two names Soon there may be three leaders who will be given this assignment Punjabis want to know who is the real leader Badal said in a statement here Badal said all this proved that the fight in the Congress had nothing to do with any public issue but it was for the top post The fight was also for the spoils of power While the outgoing leadership has looted the state the incoming one wants to grab the chance to do the same in the next three months he alleged The truth is that the entire Congress party is responsible for failing Punjabis he said Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi were behind the partys election manifesto and had endorsed all promises made by former chief minister Amarinder Singh he stated None of these promises have been honoured Instead of doing this the Congress now wants to befool people with a change of guard Punjabis are not so foolish They will give a befitting answer to the Congress in the 2022 Assembly elections he said Meanwhile Congressman and entrepreneur Jagdev Singh Boparai joined the Akali Dal in the presence of Badal PTI CHS VSD RDK RDK
