Amarinder Singh, Harish Rawat in war of words as Congress crisis continues
The Hindu
Former Chief Minister counters allegations of non-performance
Amid the ongoing crises in the Congress party’s Punjab unit, the party’s State affairs in-charge Harish Rawat and former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday were embroiled in war of words.
After Mr. Rawat accused Capt. (retd.) Amarinder of failing to to keep his promises on important issues and insisted that the latter was never humiliated in the Congress, the former chief minister rejected the claims, saying they were clearly prompted by the pathetic situation the party now found itself in Punjab after being on a winning spree for four and a half years.
“Three weeks before stepping down as CM, I had offered my resignation to Ms. Sonia Gandhi but she had asked me to continue,” said Capt. Amarinder, adding that the humiliating manner in which he was pushed into resigning just hours before the CLP meeting that was clearly convened to oust him, was a matter of public record.