CHANDIGARH: AAP co-incharge of Punjab affairs Raghav Chadha on Friday said Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu should was not in the opposition anymore and his party had the government in the state, in what seemed to be a dig at the former minister for criticism of his own party’s government in the state.
In a letter to Sidhu, Chadha said: “I will take this opportunity to remind you and beseech you to stop acting like a leader of an opposition party. You are not in the opposition anymore; you are the ruling party.”
Chadha also claimed that Congress had removed its manifesto for 2017 assembly elections from its website. In the letter, Chadha wrote: “It has come to my notice that your party has craftily removed the copy of your 2017 manifesto from the official website. Not to worry, I am appending a copy of the same for your kind perusal, so that even if you cannot locate it yourself and be willing to implement the promises. I humbly urge you to get over with your playtime and finally deliver on the 129-page manifesto. Otherwise, it will become clear that your infighting within the Congress was a fight for power and not progress of Punjab.”
Chadha also congratulated Sidhu for taking over as the new PPCC chief after a “long, arduous and amusing power struggle”. He said the government led by CM Amarinder Singh had been indifferent to the welfare of people and it was not incumbent upon Sidhu to respond to legitimate queries. “After assuming power in the state, the Congress government, in which you were a prominent minister, shrugged their duty to comply with the vast promises made during the election campaign,” said Chadha.
Chadha also tweeted a copy of the letter and wrote: “My letter to @sherryontopp (Sidhu’s Twittr handle) imploring him to fulfil manifesto promises made by Congress in the 2017 elections. With patronage from Congress high command, unequivocal support of all MLAs i.e. the entire legislative group - Sidhu Saab is the undisputed leader of ruling party of Punjab.”
