In a setback for Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh and shot in the arm for the former MP Jagmeet Brar, senior Congress leader and Capt Amarinder's loyalist Suresh Gogia on Thursday joins hands with the former Congressman.
Brar, only a couple of days ago, had announced his plans of creating a 'Punjabiat Maha-Gathbandhan'. With Gogia's decision, it seems Brar has immediately got down to putting his plans to action.
Gogia had recently been appointed as vice chairman of Punjab Congress' political cell and was the former vice president of Punjab Youth Congress. Gogia is counted among Capt's favourites in his home turf Patiala.
While welcoming Gogia, Brar said: “I welcome Suresh Gogia's bold decision of rejecting offers of money and party posts, he has chosen to serve the people of Punjab. I appeal to all clean and committed sons of Punjab to come forward and join us to save Punjab from Badals and Capt's fixed match system.”
On who else were in touch with Brar and if he had been able to bring the likes of Bains brothers, Navjot Sidhu, Pargat Singh and Inderbir Singh Bolaria into his “grand alliance”, he said that he had already invited them to join and lead the alliance. “I will be meeting them in the coming days,” he said.
Reacting strongly to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's comment that Sidhu, Pargat and Bolaria had betrayed their mothers by leaving their parties, Brar said: “Badal fought his first election as a Congress candidate and has been in every version of the Akali Dal till he formed his own private limited party.