"Stop Talking About Secularism": Amarinder Singh Blasts Congress
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Amarinder Singh said the Congress is no one to talk of secularism, pointing to the alliance with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, and induction of multiple leaders from the BJP and its mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh including the current state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, on brink of an alliance with the BJP and breakaway Akali groups, today ripped into the Congress, his party of more than 40 years. The Congress, he said, is no one to talk of secularism, pointing to the alliance with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, and induction of multiple leaders from the BJP and its mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, including the current state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. 'And what are you doing with @ShivsenaComms in Maharashtra? Or are you saying @harishrawatcmuk Ji that it's ok to join forces with so-called communal parties as long as it suits @INCIndia purpose. What's this if not sheer political opportunism?': @capt_amarinder 2/4 'You're apprehension I'll damage @INCIndia interests in Punjab. Fact is @harishrawatcmuk ji, the party has damaged its own interests by not trusting me and giving @INCPunjab into the hands of an unstable person like @sherryontopp who's only loyal to himself': @capt_amarinder 4/4
Most of his outburst was directed at Harish Rawat -- the Congress in-charge of Punjab, who called Mr Singh's announcement of Tuesday shocking and said it appeared that he had "killed the secular Amarinder within him".
"Stop talking about secularism @harishrawatcmuk ji. Don't forget @INCIndia took in @sherryontopp after he was with @BJP4India for 14 years. And where did Nana Patole and Revnath Reddy come from if not RSS? And Pargat Singh was with @Akali_Dal_ for 4 years!" tweeted Raveen Thukral, the former Chief Minister's media advisor, quoting him.
