Chandigarh: Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh's outburst against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi did not bode well with Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa who alleged that the former CM was to form his own party in collusion with the BJP after the Bihar elections. Bajwa has also demanded Amarinder's immediate expulsion for his “repeated attempts to destabilise” the Congress ahead of a critical election. “Amarinder Singh’s opportunistic tendencies are rather well known. This is evident by his imminent plan to launch his own party and joins hands with the BJP soon after the Bihar elections,” he said. “Captain has a game plan. He is waiting for the Bihar polls. He feels the BJP will win there. He is working with the BJP. The plan is that the BJP will pull out of the Punjab government next March. And he will leave the Congress and form a new party. The name has already been registered. It is called Punjab Vikas Party,” Bajwa said.
Both Amarinder and Bajwa have long since engaged in a bitter duel over the control of the party leadership in the state. While Amarinder claims the party graph was on the downslide in Punjab under his leadership, Bajwa blames him for the party's two successive defeats in 2007 and 2012 assembly elections.
“Amarinder needs to respond on the tacit support that he is repeatedly extending to the BJP on issues such as Rafale jet deal and GST and also to Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who is involved in multi-million drug racket,” claimed Bajwa.
