"Am Old Enough To Be His Father...": Amarinder Singh Jabs Navjot Sidhu
NDTV
A furious Amarinder Singh told Congress chief Sonia Gandhi that he hoped no other senior party leader would be "subjected to the ignominy that I was put through..."
Ex Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday evening launched a searing attack on rival Navjot Sidhu in a letter announcing his resignation from the Congress, calling the former cricketer "an acolyte of the Pakistani deep state" and "a person of unstable mind". pic.twitter.com/FDWP5pjn1V
Amarinder Singh slammed Mr Sidhu - against whom he waged a bitter and very public feud that eventually led to his resignation from the chief minister's post in September - for "using the filthiest and most vile language against me, both publicly and privately".
"Sidhu's only claim to fame was that he would abuse me and my government on a regular basis. I am old enough to be his father but that did not stop him from using the filthiest and most vile language against me, both publicly and privately," the Captain wrote in a seven-page resignation letter.
Mr Singh - who also said his new party will be called Punjab Lok Congress (pending approval by the Election Commission) - reminded Congress chief Sonia Gandhi that he had warned her against backing Navjot Sidhu and making him President of the party's state unit.
