"Congress In Decline, AAP Rising": Amarinder Singh Quotes In-House Survey
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The survey -- done by the Congress between July and September -- shows that it has "seen a 20% decline", said Amarinder Singh
Amarinder Singh, the Congress's tallest leader in Punjab who stepped down from the post of the Chief Minister earlier this month, told NDTV today that the turbulence within the state party has come as a godsend to Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party. AAP, he said, is on the rise in the state, fuelled by the decline of the Congress and this, he said, has been the findings of a recent survey by his own party.
The survey -- done by the Congress between July and September -- shows that it has "seen a 20% decline", said the former Chief Minister.
"This election will be very different with the Congress, AAP, Akali Dal, factions of the Akali Dal, and there may be another front emerging too... so, it will be a very different election," Mr Singh told NDTV in an exclusive interview.
Mr Singh, who has confessed to being "humiliated" by the Congress leadership thrice in his face-off with arch-rival Navjot Singh Sidhu, also said he would not be staying with the party any longer. But neither would he migrate to the BJP, he added, dismissing speculation about the matter triggered by his meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah yesterday.
