Reacting to the reports of his opponent from Patiala General JJ Singh’s threat not to do any work, if elected, for those who did not support him in the just concluded assembly polls, Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday termed it ‘shameful and disgusting’.
The former chief minister termed Gen Singh’s angst as “reflective of his lack of propriety and reprehensible disregard of the democratic institution of election, in which he is obviously a misfit”.
“It is not about victory or defeat, but about the probity of the democratic pillars on which our nation stands,” said Capt Amarinder while lashing out at Gen Singh’s “obnoxious” attitude towards India’s vital institutions.
He said he had faced many a vile opponent in his political career but none who could stoop to such appalling lows. “Singh’s behaviour is embarrassing for anyone who had lived an army career, where we are all taught to be humble and inspiring people by leadership,” he added.
Dubbing Gen Singh a “failure on all counts”, Capt Amarinder said that he had refrained from commenting on his opponent’s behaviour earlier, lest it affect the voting pattern.
“However, Singh’s behaviour is worrying indeed,” said Captain Amarinder, who also took to the Facebook to vent his anguish at the deplorable actions of the SAD candidate, who “spent the day after polling going around our colonies be ratting the voters on not voting for him, and threatening them that when he became their MlA he would not forget their disloyalty.”
Capt Amarinder said that Akali candidate was exactly what a person going into an election should not be — boisterous, arrogant, abusive, drunk in public, and foolish to a degree. “He may have been my opponent, but I, too, am embarrassed by his behaviour, being from a service which I have always loved,” read Capt Amarinder’s post on Facebook.