Amarinder rules out alliance, calls JJ Singh ‘average cadet’
Wednesday, 18/01/2017
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Patiala : Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh today ruled out any pre/post-poll alliance, saying that his party would win the Assembly elections with two-thirds majority.
Amarinder, who filed his nomination papers from the Patiala Urban seat, dismissed his rival – SAD candidate and former Army Chief Gen JJ Singh (retd) – as “an average cadet and a bogus man.”
He said, “JJ Singh became the Chief of Army Staff due to his seniority, not calibre.”
Ridiculing AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal’s allegation that he was contesting from Lambi — which was part of the Patiala royal estate till 1930 — to help CM Parkash Singh Badal, Amarinder said his decision was motivated by the desire to save the people of Punjab from the Badals.
Later, he took out a roadshow. “You take care of Patiala and I will take care of Badal,” he told the crowd from the open-roof vehicle in which he was accompanied by wife and former Union Minister Preneet Kaur.
Capt in Lambi today, to file nomination papers
Lambi: PPCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh will start his election campaign here on Wednesday. He will file his nomination in Malout town and hold a roadshow from Malout to Lambi before addressing a rally at Lambi village. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will conclude his six-day election campaign here on Wednesday by visiting all 72 villages once. AAP nominee Jarnail Singh, too, has once covered all villages by addressing public meetings. AAP convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to hold five public meetings in Lambi on January 20. TNS
To be named CM candidate soon
Chandigarh: The Congress is set to announce Capt Amarinder Singh as the party’s chief ministerial candidate. Party insiders said decks had been cleared for the move with the launch of cricketer-turned-politician Navot Singh Sidhu’s campaign from Amritsar. “The Congress will use the outsider-versus-insider card against Arvind Kejriwal on the CM issue,” said sources in the party.
