Punjab polls: Angry Captain, angrier farmers may end up helping Arvind Kejriwal, here’s how
India Today
With former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh announcing the formation of a new party and the central government clashing with protesting farmers' unions, Arvind Kejriwal may benefit in the upcoming Punjab elections.
Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has refuelled the election vehicle in the state. He has announced floating a new party to contest the upcoming assembly polls with or without allying with other like-minded parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Captain Amarinder is angry with the ruling Congress and looking to settle a score with the party and its top leadership for the “humiliation” that he suffered at their hands before resigning as the Punjab chief minister in September. The Congress leadership preferred cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, a four-year-old in the party, over a veteran soldier-turned-politician, two-time chief minister and a friend of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
