Captain party’s popular leader in Punjab, says Asha Kumari
Friday, 29/07/2016
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BUT REMAINS SILENT ON HIS FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT AS CM CANDIDATE
PATIALA: Although the clamour is growing within the party for Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh’s name to be formally announced as the chief minister candidate; Asha Kumari, party in-charge of Punjab, kept mum on this question but said he was party’s popular candidate and the party would decide whatever people wanted here.
Punjab affairs in-charge of Congress Asha Kumari along with party leaders showing victory sign during the workers’ meeting in Patiala on Thursday.
She said the story of Congress revival would start with its victory in the coming assembly elections here. She was here in Patiala to address the workers meeting that was attended by local Congress leaders and party legislators, including Brahm Mohinder, Lal Singh, Hardyal Singh Kamboj and Preneet Kaur.
She told the local media that winnability would be party’s main criteria and the process of selection of the candidates would conclude soon.
Slamming the SAD-BJP alliance in Punjab, she said Punjab was on the brink of collapse in every field due to bad governance of the ruling government.
“With the Aam Adami Party exposing itself every day, people are ready to support Congress to revive the development of the state,” she said.
On the enforcement directorate summons to Amarinder’s son, she said it was a politically motivated case as BJP’s Arun Jaitely who headed the ED department as finance minister was trying to avenge his humiliating defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls by falsely implicating Amarinder’s family members.
