Taking a dig at the musical chairs in the Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal president and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Thursday said the Congress contestants for lok Sabha elections were feeling like scapegoats and they were trying their best to include their rival leaders in their ‘scapegoats club’.
Addressing a gathering in favour of SAD-BJP candidate from Patiala Deepinder Singh Dhillon, Sukhbir said that leaders like Partap Singh Bajwa and Manish Tewari tried their best to run away from contesting lok Sabha elections and now they were pushing for Capt Amarinder Singh’s candidature from Amritsar.
“There is a trouble brewing for the Congress as party’s Central Election Committee meets to decide on the next list of candidates for the lok Sabha elections. Senior Congress leaders are not keen on contesting general elections due to winnability factors, thus, contesting leaders are feeling like scapegoats and they are turning every stone to pull their rival leaders in their ‘scapegoats club’,” he added.
Forecasting that the 16th lok Sabha election would be last election of Congress party, Badal said that people of the nation were all set to say their final good bye to Congress party and its senior leaders were well aware of this fact.
“There is complete demoralisation within the party. Senior Congressmen from Punjab are scared that their party will never come back to power as it never regain power in all those states where it was out of power for two consecutive terms. SAD is flooded with requests from Congress leaders wanting to join the party,” he added.