Punjab Congress legislature party leader Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday blasted the second list of 29 candidates released by the Aam Aadmi Party as comprising people who were earlier part of the ‘B’ team of either the Congress or the Akali Dal and the money bags.
“Sukhpal Singh Khaira fielded from Bholath is former Congress MlA who lost in the last election and was eyeing fresh space. Before joining the Congress, he had tried ticket from the Akali Dal and this was revealed by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in the Assembly. Jagtar Singh Rajla is from traditional Akali family who had a brief adventure with the Congress before landing in AAP. Similar is the case with Guirpreet Singh Bhatti, Aman Arora, Anu Randhawa and Mohan Singh Phallianwala. Both Joginder Singh Chhina and Gurpartap singh Khushalpur were with the Akali Dal till recently”, he pointed out.
He asserted he had not mentioned all such candidates who had defected to AAP from either the Congress, Akali Dal or the Bahujan Samaj Party who were without any commitment to any party and playing politics of opportunism to the hilt. There are others who in their personal capacity have been hobnobbing with the Akali Dal or the Congress leaders at one time or the other, said he
“The AAP candidates are mainly a gang of opportunists whose only aim is to grab power. These people are rootless with total disconnect with the masses”, he said.
He added, going by the selection of its candidates, AAP posed no challenge to the Congress.