Tewari backs Capt’s statewide tour
Thursday, 24/10/2013
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Ludhiana : Backing former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari today said the latter was only strengthening the Congress by undertaking a state-wide tour.
The statement assumes significance at a time when Amarinder Singh is reasserting himself within the party. At the Sangrur rally addressed by AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi recently, the differences between PPCC chief Partap Singh Bajwa and the Captain had come out in the open. The Union Minister said the state was on the verge of bankruptcy. The state government was burdening the people with unnecessary taxes.
He said the SAD needed to clarify its stand on the "eviction and harassment" of Sikh farmers in Gujarat.
