Capt flays ‘Chautala-Badal nexus’
Thursday, 09/10/2014
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KURUKSHETRA: Former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday attacked Indian Lok National Dal (INLD) chief Om Prakash Chautala, saying that instead of “dreaming” to rule Haryana from Tihar jail, he should feel “ashamed” of his conviction “for robbing his own people” and warned voters against the “Chautala-Badal nexus”.
The Congress MP and deputy leader of the party in the Lok Sabha asked the people of Haryana to ensure that the Congress retained power in the state.
Amarinder also war ned against the “false promises being doled out by the BJP to mislead the people of Haryana.”
He was addressing a public meeting at Nalwi village in Kurukshetra district in support of Congress candidate Anil Kumar Dhantauri.
The Congress leader referred to the “devastation caused in Punjab by the eight-year rule of the Akalis led by the Badals, who are in alliance with the Chautalas in Haryana.”
“The way they have looted and robbed Punjab, they will together do it in Haryana,” he warned.
The Chautala-led INLD is contesting the October 15 Haryana assembly polls in alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
While the INLD has fielded 88 candidates, the remaining two seats in the 90-member assembly are being fought by SAD candidates. He also ridiculed Chautala’s claims of ruling from Tihar jail. Chautala (79), who is out on bail on health grounds in the teachers’ recruitment scam, had said a fortnight ago that he would take oath as the next chief minister from the jail, where he was lodged prior to getting bail.
“It is extreme shamelessness that a person who has already been convicted is claiming to rule from Tihar jail,” he said, while adding, “he (Chautala) should instead feel ashamed of having been convicted for robbing his own people.” Amarinder said the Badals were no different in Punjab.
He also congratulated the people of Haryana, and Nalwi in particular, for their successful struggle to get their independent gurdwara management committee.
