Summary:
Chandigarh, Jan 24 (PTI) Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday ridiculed Navjot Singh Sidhu"s claims of fighting the sand mining mafia, saying the state Congress president had himself led the rebellion against him with the MLAs who were allegedly involved in the activity.
This clearly exposed “his own interest in sheltering them,” the former CM said according to a statement.
Amarinder Singh was removed as the Punjab chief minister in September last year following a bitter power tussle with Sidhu.
Later, the former CM Amarinder floated the Punjab Lok Congress and now contesting the Assembly polls in alliance with the BJP.
The former Punjab CM said considering that many Congress MLAs whom Sidhu had led in rebellion against him had “direct or indirect interest or share in the state"s sand mafia”, the ex-cricketer’ president"s credentials in the matter are “patently dubious”.
“This, coupled with the fact that the PPCC president enjoyed “hobnobbing with anti-nationals elements, including his close friends in the Pakistan leadership, which had even lobbied for his induction to the state cabinet, had exposed Sidhu"s self-interest and his complete apathy to Punjab"s interests,” Amarinder Singh said.