The occasion excessive command – the Gandhis – had been “hoodwinked”, stated Sunil Jakhar
New Delhi:
Congress chief Sunil Jakhar stated immediately that the occasion’s disastrous Punjab marketing campaign was a mix of “compounding one mistake after another” and dangerous selections pushed by senior leaders “misleading” the Gandhis.
Reeling off a protracted record of issues that he stated “could have been handled otherwise”, Mr Jakhar stated the defeat was “scripted by Harish Rawat”; the previous Uttarakhand Chief Minister was Punjab in-charge.
“He came to Punjab with a set agenda,” Mr Jakhar remarked, suggesting that this was to advertise Navjot Singh Sidhu, who aggressively demanded prime billing within the run-up to the Punjab election and who performed a giant function in Amarinder Singh’s alternative as Chief Minister by Charanjit Singh Channi 4 months earlier than the election.
“I suspected what he was up to. He got his agenda implemented at the cost of bickering. I told (Mallikarjun) Kharge – he may be in charge of the Punjab Congress but I never accepted him as my in-charge. You can be in charge of the Congress but you cannot be in charge of me,” Mr Jakhar stated.
The Congress, wracked by infighting in Punjab, misplaced to Arvind Kejriwal’s eight-year-old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in elections final week.
Mr Jakhar stated he had hoped the issues can be mentioned threadbare within the Congress Working Committee (CWC) assembly yesterday however as an alternative, he noticed “sycophants”.
The former Punjab Congress chief additionally questioned the logic of leaving the selection of the occasion’s Chief Ministerial candidate extensive open even after appointing a brand new Chief Minister.
“After you have nominated Channi, it is insulting to ask who will be Chief Minister. How can you say that? A general fights the war for you and you will appoint another general? This is not the way,” stated Mr Jakhar.
Mr Jakhar was additionally requested about his acerbic publish reacting to Mr Channi being described as an “asset” at a Congress autopsy on Sunday and showing to focus on Ambika Soni with out naming her.
“An asset – are you joking? Thank God he (Channi) wasn’t declared a ‘National treasure’ at the CWC by the ‘Pbi’ lady who proposed him as CM in first place” – Mr Jakhar tweeted this morning.
“Pbi is Punjabi,” Mr Jakhar stated. He didn’t deny that this “Punjabi lady” could also be Ambika Soni, a long-time Rajya Sabha member who was reportedly provided the Chief Minister’s publish earlier than Mr Channi however declined.
“Why do you want me to name her? She’s very senior. “
He continued: “We stand by every word. You cannot fight corruption with corruption. (Channi)’s relative was caught red-handed. This man was caught with his hands in his till.”
Putting out a severe allegation, Mr Jakhar stated there was a notion that the brand new Chief Minister would get something achieved within the restricted time that he had and that Mr Channi acted out of greed.
But Mr Jakhar stated he believes it isn’t throughout for the Congress in Punjab.
“A ragtag outfit like the Aam Aadmi Party won’t last long. But we have to put up a credible face here if we want to win.”
