Captain Amarinder Singh hits out at Navjot Sidhu, dares him to contest from Patiala

The ongoing political battle between Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his bête noir and former colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu reached a flashpoint on Tuesday when the CM took to a TV channel to dare Sidhu to contest from Patiala.
Amarinder, who has been maintaining quiet within the face of a tirade launched by Sidhu towards him for over a fortnight, lastly broke his silence when he dared Sidhu to contest from Patiala, a pocket-borough of the CM.
To a query that the Sidhu had stepped up political actions in Patiala, Amarinder mentioned, “He can come and contest from Patiala. He will also lose his deposit like Gen JJ Singh.”
He mentioned Sidhu needed to affix another social gathering. “What else does it imply when he’s attacking his personal CM? It means he needs to affix another social gathering. But BJP is not going to take him. He has left them after abusing them. Neither will SAD. He has restricted option to both keep in Congress or be part of AAP. “

Amarinder additionally went to the extent of claiming that PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar was doing nicely as state chief of the social gathering and why ought to he be eliminated to make room for Sidhu. He mentioned whereas the choice of naming Sidhu as PPCC chief rested with the excessive command, if consulted he’ll oppose it. He mentioned Sidhu has been within the social gathering for under 4 and half years. On the problem of Sidhu being thought-about for Deputy CM’s publish, Amarinder mentioned there have been many ministers who had served the social gathering since their youth Congress days. Why ought to they not be thought-about.

A couple of minutes after Amarinder’s interview, Sidhu tweeted: “Efforts to derail Punjab’s conscience will fail … My Soul is Punjab and Punjab’s Soul is Guru Granth Sahib Ji … Our fight is for Justice & punishing the guilty, an assembly seat is not even worth discussion in the same breath!!(sic)”
Amarinder represents Patiala (Urban) Assembly phase, part of his dwelling district. Sidhu additionally belongs to Patiala and has a household home there. He had shifted base when BJP fielded him from Amritsar in Lok Sabha elections. That time Sidhu had made a promise to the individuals of Amritsar that he wouldn’t go away the holy metropolis ever. However, of late Sidhu has concentrated his actions in Patiala, together with his spouse even establishing an workplace within the district. Sidhu has already addressed two press conferences in Patiala.

Amarinder’s problem to Sidhu got here a day after a stormy assembly of Congress on the problem of sacrilege. The CM Is learnt to have informed the ministers that none of them had hit again at Sidhu, who was launching an assault after assault on the federal government. To this, a Cabinet minister is learnt to have said that no one was hitting again at him because the excessive command was sending alerts that they appreciated him rather a lot.
With the duo popping out in open, it’s clear that the makes an attempt of social gathering excessive command for a rapprochement between the 2 haven’t succeeded. Amarinder has come out brazenly towards Sidhu after a very long time.Last time he had hit out at Sidhu when he had modified his division after citing incompetence. After that he has been very diplomatic in his replies about Sidhu.