Amarinder tells Sukhbir not to damn his critics
Wednesday, 22/07/2015
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Chandigarh : Former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday asked the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal not to damn the protestors against the Akali Dal in Canada and the United States as anti-national.
“This is unbecoming of the president of Akali Dal, a party that claims to represent and watch Sikh interests, to damn an entire community as anti-national just because they are critical of you and your party”, he said to Sukhbir in a statement issued, here.
Instead, Captain Amarinder suggested Sukhbir and his Chief Minister father Parkash Singh Badal should introspect that ‘why there is so much anger and outrage against their party everywhere not only in the foreign countries but back home in Punjab as well’.
“They are our own people not anti nationals as you are trying to damn them”, he told Sukhbir in no ambiguous terms, while asking him ‘Why is it that only the Akalis are facing so many protests?’ He pointed out that leaders from other parties also visit these countries but nobody faces such protests.
The former Chief Minister said that it is not only in US and Canada that the Akalis are facing such protests as they were facing similar protests in Punjab also.
Amarinder regretted that instead of addressing their anger and alienation, Sukhbir had made a ‘highly irresponsible’ statement that does no good to anyone and will create more bitterness.
