Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday said a war between India and Pakistan will only lead to sufferings of people, particularly those living in the border areas.
However, he reiterated that the attacks like those in Uri need to be dealt with iron fist to teach the perpetrators a lesson.
Capt Amarinder, in an informal interaction with reporters said that it was the people in the border areas who suffer the worst during the armed hostilities.
“That is why, I have insisted on limited retaliation against the Uri attack. It is up to the army and the Government of India to decide the course of action and retaliation,” he said.
At the same time, he condemned the attack on the party workers in Ajnala on Sunday while they were taking out a motorcycle rally. “I have asked the Amritsar Rural SSP, under whose jurisdiction the area falls, to register a case of “attempt to murder” against the culprits, who are no other than the Akali goons,” he said while warning them that it was a matter of few months more when each one of them will be set right.
He said the Akalis’ countdown had already begun and it was just a matter of few months more when the elections will be announced and the writ of their government stops running in the state, they will not be able to venture out of their homes for campaigning.
“Take it from me, the Badals and Majithia will be reduced and restricted just to the social media and they will campaign on the Facebook and Whatsapp only as people will not allow them to come out of their secure environs,” he said, while maintaining that the Badals had already realized it and that is why they had sought extra security over and above the Z-Plus they are already getting.