By PTI
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring hit out at Sunil Jakhar who joined the BJP on Thursday, saying he might need formally joined the saffron outfit now however he had began working for it lengthy earlier than and was enjoying blatant Hindutva politics.
While the Congress slammed Jakhar, former chief minister Amarinder Singh, whose Punjab Lok Congress is an ally of the BJP, congratulated him for becoming a member of the saffron outfit and stated sincere and upright leaders like him can’t breathe within the grand outdated social gathering.
Referring to his unceremonious exit as chief minister final 12 months after which he stop the Congress, Amarinder Singh recalled how throughout the span of lower than a 12 months, the Congress social gathering has “completely collapsed in Punjab due to one wrong decision”.
He stated the Congress was headed for an “imminent doom” and claimed extra leaders have been more likely to desert the “sinking ship” within the coming days.
Former Punjab Congress president Jakhar joined the BJP in Delhi within the presence of social gathering chief J P Nadda, days after he stop the grand outdated social gathering.
Reacting to this, Warring stated the event was alongside anticipated traces.
He additionally accused Jakhar of damaging the Congress “in every way”.
“Not unexpected. @sunilkjakhar may have formally joined the @BJP4India today, he had started working for the party long before, playing blatantly Hindutva politics, damaging the party in every way. There was reason for him to rake up ‘Hindu’ card and the reason was revealed today,” Warring tweeted.
However, in his tweet, Amarinder Singh, with whom Jakhar shared a superb equation when each have been within the Congress, stated, “Right man in the right party. Congratulations to @sunilkjakhar for joining @BJP4India.”
“Honest and upright leaders like him cannot breathe in the @INCIndia anymore,” stated Amarinder Singh, who had final 12 months floated his social gathering after quitting the Congress following his unceremonious exit because the chief minister.
The prime management within the Congress pressured Amarinder Singh out after Navjot Singh Sidhu focused him for months over unfulfilled guarantees by his authorities.
“I was the chief minister, while Sunil was the PCC president and everything was going on so well and we were headed for repeating the government just less than a year ago,” he stated, including, And one incorrect resolution by the management and that proved suicidal for the social gathering that it’s now gazing its personal doom in Punjab as elsewhere within the nation.”
BJP nationwide normal secretary Tarun Chugh welcomed Jakhar’s resolution to hitch the BJP and stated that the social gathering has been all the time dedicated to present illustration to all sections of society.
He stated Jakhar comes from a farming household and it’s an endorsement of the prime minister’s insurance policies to profit farmers.
Jakhar, he stated in a press release, carries a wealthy political legacy and the BJP welcomed him to assist take Punjab to new heights.
The BJP, he stated, was open to political leaders who’re ready to work for the nationwide integrity and progress of Punjab.
Earlier within the day, Nadda stated Jakhar had loved a particular stature in Punjab that was unbiased of the Congress social gathering and helped strengthen nationalist forces within the state.
“BJP is emerging as the number one nationalist force in Punjab. Hence it is necessary for all leaders having nationalist ideology to join the BJP to strengthen the party and for a stronger Punjab,” Nadda stated.
Jakhar, a three-term MLA and a former Lok Sabha member from Gurdaspur, stated the BJP had welcomed him as a result of he had not pursued politics for private good.
He had stop the Congress final week after lashing out at former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Twitter, saying that he was “not an asset” as portrayed by the social gathering management.
He was faraway from all social gathering posts by the Congress disciplinary committee following allegations of anti-party actions levelled towards him by sure Punjab unit leaders.
He additionally lashed out at veteran Congress chief Ambika Soni for her assertion on the “repercussions of having a Hindu chief minister in Punjab”.
Jakhar additionally held Soni’s assertion as one of many causes for the Congress’ drubbing within the Punjab meeting polls earlier this 12 months.
