Amarinder questions Sukhbir's 'moral authority' to hit out at

Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh today questioned the "moral authority" of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal to accuse the NDA government at the Centre of "undermining" the Constitution's federal structure since his SAD is very much a part of it, with his wife being a Cabinet minister.
"You are trying to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds," he told Sukhbir and his father Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, referring to their "double standards" of "saying something and doing something else".
If they are seriously feeling "aggrieved why are they not withdrawing Harsimrat Kaur Badal from the Union Cabinet", he asked, adding, "This is a classic case of having and eating the cake at the same time."

At the 11th Inter State Council meeting here yesterday, Sukhbir had accused the Centre of "usurping" states' powers and indulging in a "constitutional rampage" by quietly shifting subjects from the 'State List' to 'Concurrent List' and then to 'Union List'.
In a statement, Amarinder claimed that in view of the strong possibility of the Supreme Court of India ruling against Punjab on the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue, and the NDA government's clear stand in favour of Haryana, the Badals were now trying to prepare ground and make some excuse for exit.
"The father-son duo is preparing the ground to shirk off all responsibility and pass it on to the Centre despite their party still being part of the government there," he observed.

The former Chief Minister asked what steps and measures did they take to prevail upon their alliance partner at the Centre in supporting Punjab's case or at least be neutral.

"Show me a single word you wrote to the Prime Minister on the issue," he challenged the Badals.
Amarinder alleged despite Congress' clear and unambiguous stand and support to the government on the SYL issue, Badal is "deliberately doing flip-flop to make some political capital out of it".
"But let me tell you, your bluff has already been called and you stand exposed among people that you stayed as a mute spectator while the NDA government at the Centre supported Haryana on SYL," he claimed.

"While we will support you along the legal and constitutional parameters on SYL, we will in no way be part of your dangerous game plan of pushing Punjab into anarchy for your vested interests," he warned Badal.
"Badal is capable of doing anything for his own survival even if it means putting peace and harmony in Punjab at stake," he alleged.