Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Partap Singh Bajwa on Tuesday said that “estranged” BJP MP from Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu was on the Badals’ hit list “for exposing the ground realities and he is expected to meet the fate of former finance minister Manpreet Badal who had voiced against economic policy of SAD-BJP Government”.
Bajwa said that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has asked the BJP high command to snub Sidhu who has become an eyesore for the Badals. “Except Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Chief Minister’s daughter-in-law and MP from Bathinda, all other MPs of Punjab are getting same treatment,” he added.
He said that Congress MPs were raising voice against discrimination by SAD-BJP Government and Sidhu couldn’t bear the injustice after continued humiliation in the hands of Badals. “The revelations made by Sidhu have endorsed the allegations of Congress party and it is shameful for the BJP leadership to be mute spectator and not coming to the rescue of its MP,” he added.
He blamed Badals for letting down the people of holy city of Amritsar to meet the narrow political ends. Bajwa supported the allegations of Sidhu and said that Sukhbir Badal was running away from responsibility of ignoring the development of holy city of Amritsar.