Slamming Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh over Chitta Ravan effigy issue, Punjab BJP on Sunday said he was now taking the help of effigies as the party has no “concrete issue” to discuss ahead of the assembly polls.
The former Chief Minister was now depending upon effigies to save his “political existence” rather than telling people about his plans for the state, said the state BJP chief Vijay Sampla adding that he is “scared” of losing the polls for the third time.
“Amarinder was earlier having coffees on stage (coffee with Captain) and then he went to halka (Halke
vich Captain) and now he is seeking the help of effigies,” Sampla said.
Congress has no “issue” to take up and therefore, Capt Amarinder had to follow the instructions of a poll strategist, he said apparently referring to Prashant Kishor.
“Congress is working as per the agenda fixed by a poll strategist and as a result of which, it was enacting a drama every day rather than doing something on concrete issues,” he added.
The state unit of Congress had, a day before, announced that it will burn an effigy of Chitta Ravan in ludhiana to draw Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attention to the drug menace in the state during his visit to the industrial city on October 18.
Besides, the party and its workers would also burn the Chitta Ravans in all the 117 Assembly constituencies of the state on Monday.
Modi in scheduled to address industrialists at an event in the city on October 18. Chitta means drugs in colloquial language.
“Had Congress worked for the benefit of people during its regime, then it should not have faced consecutive defeat in polls,” said Sampla.
He said that burning the effigy of Ravan on Dusshera is a religious tradition and accused the Congress of trying to make “fun” of it.