Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday ridiculed General JJ Singh’s irrelevant statements about his Patiala poll contest, terming it as a sign of his desperation in the face of imminent defeat and a reflection of his mental instability, which was becoming more and more accentuated by the day as the outcome of the election was becoming clearer.
After having declared his intention not to work for those who voted against him in Patiala, Singh has now claimed that his decision to contest the poll was motivated by his desire to serve the people of the area. What’s more, he has started blaming his own party workers for his inevitable defeat, accusing them of supporting Captain Amarinder, his rival candidate from Patiala.
Amarinder said the ex Army chief’s statements proved he was a misfit in Patiala, which is one large family where everyone respects each other and where he was obviously a misfit.”
Singh had lost all credibility as a serious leader in the eyes of the people of Patiala and should not demean himself, and the high institution of the Army from which he hails, with his idiotic comments, the Congress chief ministerial candidate said in a statement here on Wednesday.
Capt Amarinder trashed Singh’s claim that he had received immense love from the people of Patiala, saying it was obvious that the former Chief of Army Staff was unable to accept his inevitable defeat and had started hallucinating things.
The people of Patiala have suffered enough at the hands of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) government and would not even contemplate voting Singh, who had already exposed his lack of concern for them, to power, said the PPCC chief.
The PPCC chief cited Singh’s attack on his own party workers, accusing them of sabotaging his election, to point out that this was a reflection of the SAD candidate’s desperation as he had realized that he had already lost the poll.