Amarinder hits out at 'Haryanvi' Kejriwal, 'comedian' Sidhu

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Sep 12 2016 | 8:02 PM IST
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh today attacked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and said he will fight the "Haryanvi" from wherever he decides to contest the upcoming state Assembly polls.
"Kejriwal keeps saying that Amarinder Singh and Badal are together, he (Kejriwal, a former IRS officer) is a typical babu, who works cleverly. Kejriwal will not be allowed to come in and win the elections here and become Chief Minister of Punjab.
"He is a Haryanvi, he is a Delhiwala and I will fight him from wherever he stands. Win or lose is God's will, but I will not give him an easy chance in this," he said here.
He also launched an unsparing attack on Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who recently floated a new political front, labelling him as a "comedian".
Rejecting as "rhetoric" Kejriwal's vow to get the ruling Badals jailed for corruption, Singh said, "I have already shown that who can put them behind bars, I have already put them in jail (when he was CM from 2002-07). Do you think that corruption which is going on in Punjab, we will ignore it? We will go into every issue and wherever any irregularity and illegality is found, people will have to face the music."
The former Punjab chief minister also refuted Kejriwal's allegations that he (Singh) and the Badals were playing a "friendly match" and that they were "hand-in-glove" in many things.
"Second, Kejriwal says he will send the Badals behind bars, this is all rhetoric, do you think we did it just like that! We took the matter to court and the court had put Badal and his son in jail.
"You can't just catch hold of a guy and tomorrow I will say you put this particular guy behind bars just because I don't like him, this may be the way Akalis' way to operate, not us. It will have to be investigated and in investigations whatever emerges, we will put these people behind bars where they belong. If they think they can get away with it then they are mistaken," he said.
The Congress leader attacked Sidhu, who recently launched his Awaaz-e-Punjab front, which has support of two Independent MLAs from Ludhiana besides former hockey captain-turned- politician Pargat Singh.
"Let Navjot first say if he is still in BJP because his wife says she is still in BJP. He also says that he hasn't taken a final call (about his future). You tell me, can three MLAs form a party? Even I had formed a party Panthic Akali Dal, if you recall, we could not form organisation in two years, can they form in three months," Singh said.

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First Published: Sep 12 2016 | 8:02 PM IST

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