The battle between Punjab Congress leaders have come in the open after Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Amarinder Singh on Sunday asked Rajinder Kaur Bhattal to furnish the details of the donors, who she claims to have donated about `500 crores to the party, so that these could be forwarded to the All-India Congress Committee for a through inquiry and investigation.
Rebutting Ms Bhattal’s charges that he was solely responsible for the party’s defeat, he asked her had it really been so, why could she not manage to get her candidates to win. He also questioned the logic of Ms Bhattal’s allegation that he got his party candidates defeated. “I was the chief ministerial candidate myself and each and every seat was precious to me. Does she mean to say that I did not want to become the chief minister?” he asked.
Referring to her allegation that he started vendetta against the Akalis and now he was hand-in-glove with the Akalis, Capt. Singh remarked that this has only vindicated and reinforced the public belief over who is hand-in-glove with whom. “Good that she has finally spoken the Akali language publicly, thus clearing all doubts in the minds of the people,” he remarked while adding, it has only reinforced public opinion about her relationship with the Akali Dal.
“And when she endorses Akalis’ allegations against me, she has forgone the moral authority to speak on behalf of the party workers,” he asserted.