Congress leader and former MLA Ramanjit Singh Sikki today criticised Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's visit to Khadoor Sahab Assembly segment and asked why the CM never bothered to visit the area in the last four years.
Sikki said that no matter how many of these programmes Badal holds in Khadoor Sahab, people there will punish him in the by-election by once again defeating the Akali candidate as he had failed to resolve the issue on which he had resigned.
Sikki said that he had resigned from the assembly to protest against the sacrilege incident and the failure of the Akali government to identify and punish the culprits.
Instead of punishing the guilty, the Akalis had killed two peaceful protesters, he said.
The Congress leader said the Akalis, including Parkash Singh Badal and Sukhbir Badal, are trying to divert the attention of the people by way of "government-sponsored rallies" while the issues continued to remain unresolved.
He said the Akalis and Badals were badly mistaken that people have forgotten the sacrilege and forgiven them.
The former legislator questioned the CM as why does Badal need a by-election to reach out to the people?
"Otherwise for four years you didn't bother to come to Khadoor Sahib and now you are spending your days and nights here," he said, adding nothing can save him from defeat there.
Referring to Bikram Majithia's challenge to him that he should not apply for the ticket after having resigned, Sikki asked, "so do you accept that I resigned for the genuine and justified reason and you also accept that since you have failed to resolve the issue over which I resigned I should not contest".
He said that he had resigned from the Vidhan Sabha only and not from politics or the party.
Sikki asked Majithia not to remain under any illusion that he will not contest.
"If the party and the people of my constituency want me to contest, I will contest and not run away and ensure your defeat to vindicate the public anger against you," he added.
