Summary:
Chandigarh, Sep 22 (PTI) Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday called Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra "inexperienced” and also threatened to pit a strong candidate against state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in the coming assembly polls.
In no-holds-barred remarks, he called Sidhu a “drama master” and a “dangerous man”, accusing him of behaving like a "Super CM" with the new chief minister, Charanjit Singh Channi, "simply nodding along”.
He also claimed that Punjab is now being run by the party from Delhi, according to a press statement issued here by an aide who summed up his interactions with the media.
Singh resigned as chief minister on Saturday, after being locked in a bitter leadership fight for months with Sidhu.
He submitted his resignation just ahead of the Congress Legislature Party meeting, which he said was called in a “secretive” manner.
"Priyanka and Rahul are like my children.