10 Punjab MLAs ask high command not to ‘let down’ Capt. Amarinder
The Hindu
‘Washing dirty linen in public has only decreased the party graph during the last couple of months,’ they said in a joint statement.
Former Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday continued to meet several party leaders amid speculations of his elevation as Pradesh Congress Committee president, even as at least 10 MLAs came out openly in support of Chief Minister Captain (retd.) Amarinder Singh, urging the high command “not to let him down”. Senior Congress leader and MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira, who shared a statement on behalf of the MLAs, said they urged the party high command “not to let down” Capt. Singh, due to whose unrelenting efforts the party stood well-entrenched in Punjab. “There was no doubt that the appointment of State PCC 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 last couple of months,” said the MLAs in the joint statement.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.