Congress Deputy leader in the lok Sabha Capt Amarinder on Wednesday said that the Badals’ alliance with the Indian National lok Dal (INlD) in Haryana, while sharing power with the BJP in Punjab, “not only betrays their moral bankruptcy but also amounts to political perversion that has hardly any parallels in the history and politics across India”.
Capt Amarinder, reacting to the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his Deputy Chief Minister son Sukhbir Badal’s assertion that the INlD and Akalis will form the Government in Haryana, dared them to clarify their stand on various inter-state issues with Haryana, including the transfer of Chandigarh and sharing of river waters before leading the INlD-SAD campaign there.
“Badals’ decision to align with the INlD in Haryana is his personal as he had not taken the party into confidence about it. Even though we all know that the Badals’ are running the Akali Dal like any of their other privately owned profit making companies, yet such political decisions are usually taken after consultations in the party’s highest decision making body,” pointed Capt Amarinder.
The senior Congress leader asserted, “Nevertheless, it is the internal ‘family’ matter of the Badals and not the party matter as the Akali Dal has been reduced to a family property, they still owe an explanation to the people of Punjab as how can they be the alliance partners of a party in Punjab while opposing the same party in the immediate neighbourhood of Haryana…Doesn’t it reflect the dual characterIJ”
“I can understand that Badals’ may have family and business commitments with the Chautalas in Haryana but should that mean that they can compromise the interests of Punjab for thatIJ” he asked.