Rivals in Punjab Congress, former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and PCC president Partap Singh Bajwa, entered into a verbal duel in front of Congress vice- president Rahul Gandhi here.
As Captain Amrinder Singh intentionally left out the name of Bajwa in his address, Vijay Inder Singla MP from Sangrur interrupted
him and asked that he forgot the name of Bajwa on stage, Amrinder justified saying he forgot it.
However, when Bajwa’s turn to address the gathering came, he protested politely on this issue and said that
“Capt Amrinder Ji you
may forget your younger brother’s name in your address but I will not”.
Bajwa also reacted on the language used by Amrinder against Shiromani Akali Dal that ‘now the time has come to lay them’, Bajwa said, “It is easy to say that we should lay them but before doing it, we should unite”, he added.
Both Capt Amarinder and Bajwa had been on loggerheads ever since the latter took over the reins of Punjab Congress from the former Patiala Maharaja.
Taking a dig at Capt Amarinder from the state, Bajwa said time has not come to lay them as yet, as unity is more important.
“let us win all the 13 seats out of 13, opposition will automatically teach the lesson”, commented Bajwa.
In perhaps a lighter vein, Bajwa said that
“whisky (liquor) was creating huge nuisance across the state and and ruining the youth. When Congress comes to power, it will ban whisky across the State”.
Bajwa said that in Punjab there are 12,700 villages as compared to 15000 wine shops. It should be banned, he reiterated.