Capt parades ‘vendetta victims’ in Ferozepur
Saturday, 23/11/2013
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Ferozepur : Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Capt Amarinder Singh today paraded before the media several party supporters who had been allegedly targeted by the SAD-BJP government. Amarinder said the Congress workers had been allegedly implicated in false cases at the instance of the Akali leadership. “As many as 17 cases have been lodged against Jagdev Singh of Changa Rai village alone. Another supporter Joginder Pal has been booked on false murder charges,” he said.
A member of the Congress Working Committee, Amarinder said he could not see the party workers demoralised. He said he would continue his tour to motivate the Congress cadre in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.
Guruharsahai MLA Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi was also present on the occasion. On the absence of other leaders, Amarinder said everybody was busy in their own affairs.
Says some sitting MPs may be replaced
About nomination of candidates, he said winnability would be the only criterion. He said some weak sitting MPs may have to be replaced.
Hundreds of Congress workers who had converged from all over the district to interact with the former Chief Minister raised slogans demanding the Ferozepur Lok Sabha ticket for the Guruharsahai MLA. Amarinder said he would convey their sentiments to the party high command.
Calls Badal a ‘dummy Chief Minister’
Amarinder hit out at Parkash Singh Badal calling him a “dummy Chief Minister”. He said Badal’s role was now limited to merely conducting his Sangat Darshan even as his Deputy Chief Minister-son Sukhbir Badal was calling the shots in the state government. “Sukhbir is forward-looking but he too has not been able to provide effective governance. Of late, he has developed the habit of building castles in the air,” he said.
Bats for reopening Hussainiwala border
Amarinder advocated reopening the Hussainiwala-Lahore border for trade and transit, which has been lying closed after the 1971 India-Pakistan war. “I will raise the matter with the Prime Minister and the Congress high command to take immediate steps for reopening the route,” he said.
