Badal, not Capt, has ‘Majithia phobia’, say Congress leaders
Wednesday, 16/01/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130116/punjab.htm#8
Chandigarh : Not letting the controversy surrounding Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia die down, Congress legislators and other leaders today hit out at the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
In a joint statement, the Congress leaders alleged that it was Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and not Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh, who had ‘Majithia phobia’ and was “scared” of the latter’s chief ministerial ambitions.
For substantiating their claim, the party leaders cited that Badal himself had publicly said that “Majithia had got everything on a platter and that now he was eyeing his (Badal’s) chair”.
“Badal’s own admission that Majithia is after his chair makes it clear who is scared of whom,” the statement read. The signatories to the statement are Rana Gurjeet, Rana Sodhi, Kewal Dhillon, Rana KP, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Fatehjung Bajwa, Arvind Khanna, Raja Warring, Surinder Dawer, Ajaib Singh Bhatti, Joginder Singh Panjgraian, Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Bibi Harchand Kaur, Sukhjinder Randhawa, Om Prakash Soni and Mohammad Sadique.
Addressing the Akalis, they said, “Capt Amarinder knows your compulsions that despite feeling suffocated and bullied by Majithia, you cannot raise your concerns for fear of losing your jobs. So, he is helping your case only and you should be grateful to him.”
