A war of words broke between SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and Congress firebrand legislator Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday.
It all started with Sukhbir’s statement to the media that Sidhu was a “misguided missile” and would ran into anyone, including himself. Hitting back, Sidhu said, “Guided and aimed at you to destroy your corrupt businesses...”
Sukhbir was replying to a question related to Sidhu’s criticism of Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh over the probe into the 2015 sacrilege incidents. Notably, Sukhbir, who was the state Deputy Chief Minister and held the home portfolio at that time, was questioned in the Kotkapura firing case by the Punjab Police special investigation team in Chandigarh on Saturday.
Virtually rubbing salt on Sidhu’s wounds, SAD president, who was in Amritsar on Wednesday to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple along with his wife Harsimrat Kaur Badal, stated that the former cricketer is a ‘misguided missile’ that is not under any control and can hit in any direction, including himself.
“Today, Punjab doesn’t need a person who does acting but one who thinks about the development of the State,” said Sukhbir while taking a dig at Sidhu for his histrionics.
He added right from a cricketer to a politician,
“Sidhu remained a controversial figure…ehdi kissi de naal nahi bani”.
“Over the past 25 years, Sidhu hasn’t been loyal to anyone. He deserted cricket, left the BJP and turned to the Congress only to criticise its leaders. Earlier, he would make Prime Minister Narendra Modi happy with a few dialogues and now he uses the same dialogues for Congress president
Sonia Gandhi,” quipped Sukhbir adding that Punjab did not need a dramatic actor like him.
“Punjab needs a sober person to lead it for its progress and development,” he added.
Within minutes of Sukhbir’s remarks, the cricketer-turned-politician hit back and tweeted, “Guided and aimed at you to destroy your corrupt businesses... Until your Sukh Vilas built on Punjab’s ruins is not turned into a Public School & Public Hospital to serve Punjab’s poor, I won’t relent!!”