Jalandhar, December 17
Alluding to the 32 farm organisations that took on the Centre over the farm laws by shunning differences to achieve a common goal, Congress campaign committee chairman Sunil Jakhar today took a jibe at PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu for not sharing the stage with Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi at a rally organised in the constituency of his aide and minister Pargat Singh.
Addressing the gathering in the presence of state affairs incharge Harish Chaudhary, Jakhar said: “A second meeting of the farm unions ahead of their Delhi protest was underway with then CM Capt Amarinder Singh. All leaders, including Darshan Pal and Balbir Singh Rajewal, took time for a discussion among themselves and went outside, but Joginder Singh Ugrahan stayed there. I asked him why he did not join them, to which he replied he had differences with them but was together on the big common issue.”
“While 32 unions having differences of opinion could come together for a big cause, we cannot handle only two,” he said, indicating towards the tussle between Sidhu and Channi. Jakhar congratulated Pargat for having made an effort to bring the two together. “You talk of team work. You have tried to bring us all here. Maybe for some reason it did not materialise.”
“I hope the top leadership realises the Congress will be able to form the government in Delhi only if we are first able to form a government in Punjab,” he added. Earlier, Pargat had announced Sidhu could not turn up owing to prior engagements.
Meanwhile, attacking the BSP leadership in the Dalit hub of Doaba, CM Channi said the party had “backstabbed” the SC community by selling the party to the SAD. Addressing a rally at the Partapura grain market, the CM said the BSP no longer represented the ideology of Kanshi Ram, which aimed at empowering the SCs. — TNS
PCC president skips Pargat's function, Jakhar takes swipe
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