{"id":18527,"date":"2021-09-18T20:03:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T14:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/?p=18527"},"modified":"2021-09-18T20:03:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T14:33:29","slug":"sidhu-an-anti-national-dangerous-unstable-incompetent-man-security-threat-to-punjab-nation-capt-amarinder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/?p=18527","title":{"rendered":"\u2018SIDHU AN ANTI-NATIONAL, DANGEROUS, UNSTABLE, INCOMPETENT MAN & SECURITY THREAT TO PUNJAB & NATION\u2019: CAPT AMARINDER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VOWS TO FIGHT HIM TOOTH & NAIL IF CONGRESS MAKES HIM CM FACE, RULES OUT QUITTING POLITICS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAYS CONG LEADERS HAVE \u201cCUT THEIR NOSE TO SPITE THE FACE\u201d & PUSHED PARTY FROM WINNING TO LOSING POSITION IN PUNJAB<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chandigarh, September 18:- Dubbing Navjot Sidhu as anti-national, dangerous, unstable, incompetent and a security threat to the state and the country, Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday said he will fight any move to make the Punjab Congress president the chief minister of Punjab \u201ctooth and nail.\u201dMaking it clear that he had no intention of quitting politics, Captain Amarinder said there was no question of supporting Sidhu, who was clearly mixed up with Pakistan and a danger, as well as a disaster, for Punjab and the country. \u201cI cannot allow such a man to destroy us, I will continue to fight the issues that are bad for his state and its people,\u201d said the outgoing Chief Minister, lashing out at Sidhu for his close alliance with the leadership across the border.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have all seen Sidhu hugging Imran Khan and General Bajwa, and singing praises for the Pakistan Prime Minister at the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor while our soldiers were being killed at the borders every day,\u201d he said, pointing out that the ex-cricketer had attended Imran\u2019s swearing-in even after he (Capt Amarinder) categorically told him not to. \u201cThe government of Punjab means the security of India, and if Sidhu is made the face of the Congress for chief ministership, I will fight him at every step,\u201d he added.In a series of media interviews, Captain Amarinder, who has been asked by the Governor to continue in office as Chief Minister till alternative arrangements are made, said Sidhu could never be a good leader for Punjab. \u201cHow can a man who could not handle a ministry handle the state?\u201d he asked, adding that there was no question of backing an incompetent man whom he had removed from his cabinet. As Local Government minister, Sidhu failed to clear files for seven months, he disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Amarinder ruled out leaving politics and said that as an Army man, he has a lot of will and will remain active in the upcoming Assembly elections in Punjab. \u201cI am not hanging my boots,\u201d he declared, reiterating that he will decide on his future course of action after talking to people close to him, including MLAs of the Congress, which Sidhu had divided just months ahead of the polls. He revealed that he had himself asked MLAs who were supporting him to attend the CLP meet, and the presence of the large number of legislators at the meeting did not mean they were supporting Sidhu. Rejecting claims by the Congress leadership that he had lost the confidence of the MLAs, Captain Amarinder termed it a lame excuse. \u201cJust a week ago, I had sent to Sonia Gandhi a list of 63 MLAs who were supporting me,\u201d he said, adding that MLAs usually respond to what they think Delhi wants, which was the case at the CLP meeting too. In any case, it is not possible to make all MLAs happy, he added.Pointing to the sweeping wins by the Congress under his leadership since 2017, Captain Amarinder said he failed to understand the decision by the party to replace him. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The people of Punjab were clearly happy with my government,\u201d he said, adding that till 3-4 months ago, the tide was completely in favour of the Congress in Punjab but \u201cthey have cut their nose to spite their face, and ended up from a winning to a losing position.\u201dExpressing pain and shock at the way he was humiliated into quitting, Captain Amarinder said, \u201cEven today, I was not informed about the CLP meeting even though I was the leader. The way everyone was called in the night and informed about the meeting, it was clear they wanted to remove me as CM,\u201d he added. He said he felt sad and humiliated that his contribution to the state was not recognised, and he had been misread despite having done the best for it, including on the sacrilege and drugs issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Amarinder said even after the leadership change in Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, he had not expected to be humiliated in this manner \u201cperhaps because of my association with Sonia Gandhi and her children.\u201d He definitely felt let down, he said, adding that he failed to understand the party\u2019s objective in letting him go after his success in governing the state for 9 and a half years. \u201cPunjab has been doing so well in every sphere. I do not understand why the party felt the need to make a change,\u201d he added.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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VOWS TO FIGHT HIM TOOTH & NAIL IF CONGRESS MAKES HIM CM FACE, RULES OUT QUITTING POLITICS SAYS CONG LEADERS HAVE “CUT THEIR NOSE TO SPITE THE FACE” & PUSHED PARTY FROM WINNING TO LOSING POSITION IN PUNJAB Chandigarh, September 18:- Dubbing Navjot Sidhu as anti-national, dangerous, unstable, incompetent and a security threat to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,3,4,1],"tags":[1166,4533,2759],"class_list":["post-18527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","category-india","category-punjab","category-news","tag-captain-amrinder-singh-2","tag-former-chief-minister-of-punjab","tag-navjot-singh-sidhu"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18528,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18527\/revisions\/18528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}