Don’t let Capt down: MLAs to Cong high command

Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh with state Congress leader, in Chandigarh. File pic/PTI

Amid the political tussle, 10 Congress MLAs on Sunday urged the party high command not to let Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh down, "due to whose unrelenting efforts the party stands well-entrenched" in the state.

The MLAs in a letter said, "There was no doubt that the appointment of state PPCC chief was the prerogative of the party high command but at the same time washing dirty linen in public has only decreased the party graph during the past couple of months."

In a statement, the MLAs said it was due to Amarinder Singh that the party regained power in Punjab "in the aftermath of the 1984 attack on Darbar Sahib and the subsequent genocide of the Sikhs in Delhi and elsewhere in the country."

The statement added that since ‘merely six months are left for the elections', and pulling the party into the different directions will only harm its prospects in the 2022 polls.

MLAs also demanded that Navjot Singh Sidhu who had made numerous tweets against Capt Singh and the government should tender a public apology "so that the party and government can function in tandem."

Calling Sidhu a ‘celebrity', MLAs said there is "no doubt an asset to the party but condemning and criticising his own party and government in the in public view has only created a rift in the cadres and weakened it."

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