Punjab Congress on Saturday said that fielding Captain Amarinder Singh against BJP leader Arun Jaitley from Amritsar was a strategic decision.
“BJP candidate from Amritsar Arun Jaitley will taste historic defeat in the upcoming elections,” Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa said here.Asked whether there was any pressure from the Congress high command to field Capt Singh from Amritsar seat, Bajwa said, “It (fielding Amarinder against Jaitley) was a strategy of party high command which will certainly be successful (in coming elections).”
“Amarinder, as a true soldier, has accepted the challenge,” he said adding former Punjab CM was never reluctant in taking on Jaitley from Amritsar seat.On a question, Bajwa said there would not be any change of contestant on any seat in future. Earlier, Congress had replaced Ravneet Singh Bittu from Anandpur Sahib lok Sabha seat with Ambika Soni.