Cong leaders sink differences, join Sathi’s campaign for Moga bypoll
Tuesday, 29/01/2013
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Moga : State Mahila Congress president Dr Malti Thapar, former minister Darshan Singh Brar, Youth Congress leader Sukhwinder Singh Danny, district president Jagdarshan Kaur and other local Congress leaders have appealed to party workers to work together to ensure the victory of the party nominee for the Moga byelection, Vijay Sathi.
The leaders held a joint press conference here this evening. Thapar and Brar, who were among the aspirants for the party ticket, vowed to campaign together for Sathi.
Thapar denied reports of her outburst against PCC president Capt Amarinder Singh. “I have been loyal to the party for decades. There is no question of me leaving the party,” she said.
Claiming that it was a SAD ploy, she said she would sue the newspaper that had misquoted her.
“I have been misquoted by a newspaper reportedly owned by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, which indicates the nefarious designs of the Akalis to cause fissures in the Congress,” she added.
The unity shown by the Congress leaders is a positive sign for the party ahead of the byelection slated for February 23.
The Congress leaders appealed to the Sanjha Morcha to withdraw its candidate. They said it was time for all Opposition parties in the state to come together to “teach the Akalis a lesson.”
Don't beg for Morcha support, says Bhattal
Sangrur: Congress MLA from Lehragaga Rajinder Kaur Bhattal today asked the state party leadership not to beg any political party for support in the Moga byelection. She said instead of looking to others for support, the party should throw all its might behind its candidate. She said the Congress victory in the byelection would mean that the party would also perform well in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections in 2014.
Bypoll acid test for SAD, says Jagmeet
Moga: The Moga assembly byelection will be a referendum on the "anti-people" and "repressive" policies of the SAD-BJP Government which will shape the future of politics in the state, claimed CWC member Jagmeet Brar. He alleged that the people of Punjab were fed up with the ruling alliance which had failed on all fronts. He said the SAD had led the state to bankruptcy due to which payments worth thousands of crores were pending.
