Dubbing former MP Navjot Singh Sidhu an “opportunist”, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday said that his presence or absence won’t have any impact on politics in Punjab.
“Sidhu had disappeared from Punjab a long time ago and was never a part of the State’s politics,” said Badal about the former BJP leader who resigned from the Rajya Sabha and is expected to join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Badal, on the sidelines of his sangat darshan, said that Sidhu, who had been reportedly pressing the BJP to break with the SAD owing to his sore equation with the Badals, had left the party “when he saw there is no opportunity”.
“Whether he joins the Congress or AAP, people do not believe those who switch parties. In Punjab, there is only the SAD that has good leadership and leaders who stay with one party. All those who switch parties are greedy opportunists, who take bites from wherever they get,” he said.
On the suspension of party MlAs Pargat Singh and Inderbir Singh Bolaria, both of whom are said to be interested in joining AAP or Congress, Badal said, “They were not showing any interest in party activities, and those who have no interest in the SAD have no place in the party.”
He said that he was able to become Punjab Chief Minister five times “only because of being with one party”.