Congress slams Manpreet Singh Badal after saffron switch
Chandigarh, January 18: Amid the sudden switch of Former Punjab Minister Manpreet Singh Badal from Congress to BJP, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring slams him calling him "congenitally power hungry".
Raja Warring alleged that Badal had joined the Congress in anticipation that it was winning the last Assembly polls.
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Taking to his Twitter account, Congress President wrote, "Good riddance. @MSBADAL is congenitally power-hungry. He joined @INCIndia knowing the party was winning (the Punjab Assembly polls). 5 yrs is a long time for someone like him to stay out of power for unknown reasons. Instead of crying martyrdom, he should be apologising to Congress for betrayal."
Notably, Badal resigned from Congress that the party's state unit was actively aiding and abetting 'factionalism'.
A nephew of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch and former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, Manpreet Badal started his political career in 1995, winning the Gidderbaha Assembly bye-election on a Congress ticket.
BJP is the fourth party that Badal joined in an almost three-decade-long political career. He had previous dalliances with the People's Party of Punjab, Shiromani Akali Dal and most recently, the Congress.
In his resignation letter to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Badal wrote, “I do not see the point in elaborating extensively on all the particular proceedings that led to my ultimate and irrevocable disaffection. Suffice it to say, that the manner in which the Congress party has conducted its affairs and taken decisions, specifically with regards to Punjab, has been disheartening to say the least.”
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He further added that, "The coterie of men entrusted with the authority to dictate Delhi's writ to the Punjab unit of the Congress are far from sound."
- ANI
