Amidst allegations of training his guns at his own men, former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday came out in open and gave the impression that he did not write the damming letter against Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa.
A controversy of sorts erupted by a news report claiming that Capt Amarinder had written to the Congress national president Sonia Gandhi alleging Bajwa of having terror links before his elevation to the party’s top post in Punjab.
However, Congress Working Committee member Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday completely denied of having written any letter to the party chief accusing Bajwa of having terrorist links in the past. Capt Amarinder claimed that he had “no knowledge of any such letter”. Rather, he sensed ruling alliance’s hand in this.
The Patiala Royal indicated that he would pursue the matter and get it investigated as who was behind the entire story aimed at
creating misunderstandings within the party.
Capt Amarinder Singh came out open on the issue on Monday during a Press conference organised under the banner of the All India Jat Maha Sabha, of which he is the president.
“Surprised” over the development, Capt Amarinder Singh wondered how some newspapers could report about something which was not there. “The newspapers should have asked me before publishing the story whether I had written any such letter…I had not written anything on that particular issue,” he said.
Maintaining that he had written so many letters to the Congress president briefing her about different issues, the former chief minister asserted, “Nothing transpired between me and her on the particular issue reported in the newspapers.”