Bajwa is taking Rahul’s cover, says Akali Dal
Tuesday, 30/07/2013
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Chandigarh : The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday hit back at the main Opposition Congress, ridiculing the Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa for categorically conceding that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi as the only “safe” candidate against SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
“But why has he himself chickened out of contest, showed lack of courage even to draw their prime ministerial candidate out of his (Rahul’s) home constituency,” questioned Harcharan Bains, adviser to chief minister on national affairs and media, in a statement issued here.
Bains, who also handles the party’s media, said, “Of course, we are amused that Bajwa has himself refused to counter-challenge Harsimrat for a fight in Punjab against him and has instead thrown his party’s biggest leader in the ring to face Harsimrat Badal.”
“And by insisting that Rahul Gandhi can contest only from Amethi, the PPCC president has further admitted that their prime ministerial candidate lacks national or even a state-wide appeal,” said Bains.
He further said that by refusing to counter challenge Harsimrat, Bajwa has betrayed his panic and conceded that he himself had neither the capacity nor the nerve even to counter-challenge Harsimrat for fight in Punjab.
“By asking Harsimrat to travel to Uttar Pradesh to contest from Rahul’s home constituency, Bajwa has conceded that Harsimrat is totally invincible in Punjab and even Rahul had no chance against her here. That is why Bajwa, who not only belongs to Punjab but is also the president of his party’s state unit, has not shown the courage to challenge Harsimrat to a fight on any constituency in Punjab and had insisted on her travelling to UP, and that to only to Amethi, clearly conceding that even in UP, Rahul was not confident on any seat other than Amethi,” felt CM’s aide.
