Categorically denying the leader of Opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha Sukhpal Khaira’s charge of appointment of a halqa-in-charge at Bholath, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday warned him against any attempt to interfere in the Congress affairs.
He flayed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader’s criticism of the Congress decision to entrust Khadoor Sahib MlA Ramanjeet Sikki with the task of strengthening the party’s base in Bholath assembly constituency, which Khaira had ruined for the Congress.
Khaira has destroyed the Bholath seat for the Congress on whose ticket he had contested the seat, he said adding that Sikki was a competent man well qualified to restore the party’s position in the constituency.
“Sikki is not, by any stretch of imagination, a halqa-in-charge, as Khaira is trying to project in order to mislead the people of the constituency,” said the Chief Minister.
Khaira evidently did not know the difference between a ‘halqa-in-charge’ - a concept fostered by the Akalis to the detriment of the state and its people, and an elected represented appointed for uplifting the Bholath constituency, said Capt Amarinder.
“In any case, it is an internal matter of the Congress, which has full faith in Sikki’s competence and integrity, as well as his commitment to the welfare of the people,” said Capt Amarinder while asking Khaira to keep out of the Congress affairs and focus on the uplift of his own beleaguered party.
AAP was losing ground across the country, and with people like Khaira at its helm, it will soon be wiped out off the political landscape not just of Punjab but the entire country, he added.