Amarinder Singh criticized Sidhu, against whom he fought a bitter and very public dispute that ultimately led to his resignation as prime minister in September, for “using the dirtiest and most vile language against me, both in public and in private.”
“Sidhu’s only claim to fame was that he would abuse me and my government on a regular basis. I am old enough to be his father, but that did not stop him from using the dirtiest and most vile language against me, both in public and privately, “the Captain wrote in a seven-page resignation letter.
Singh, who also said that his new party will be called the Punjab Lok Congress (pending approval by the Electoral Commission), reminded the head of Congress, Sonia Gandhi, that he had warned him not to endorse Navjot Sidhu and appoint him president of the state unity of the party.
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“Despite my deep reservations and the unanimous advice of almost all of Punjab’s MPs, he chose to appoint an acolyte from Pakistan’s deep state, Navjot Sidhu, who had publicly embraced Pakistan’s Army Chief General (Qamar Javed) Bajwa and Prime Minister Imran Khan as Chairman of the Punjab Congressional Committee … “Singh wrote.
“Khan and Bajwa are responsible for sending terrorists across the border to kill Indians …,” he continued, noting that 82 Punjabi soldiers had died at J&K since he took office as Chief Minister in 2017.
– Captain Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) November 2, 2021
The Captain also criticized his (now) former party’s support for Mr. Sidhu, highlighting Ms. Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (although the latter two not by name). In September, he described Mr. Gandhi and Ms. Gandhi Vadra as “inexperienced and misguided”.
“I told you at the time that Sidhu is a person of an unstable mind, and one day you will regret this decision … I am sure that now you must be regretting it …” he wrote today.
The reference was to Mr. Sidhu’s promotion to the post of head of the Punjab Congress, which was done despite the objections of Amarinder Singh.
Then, after Mr. Sidhu surprised Congress by resigning because he had not been consulted by Chief Minister Charanjit Channi on some appointments, Mr. Singh took a “I told you so …”.
When he resigned, Amarinder Singh had said that he would fight tooth and nail against Sidhu’s “promotion to the post of the chief minister”, and that he is ready for any sacrifice to save the country from “such a dangerous man.”
Stating that he would present a strong candidate against Sidhu in the 2022 assembly elections to ensure his defeat, Singh said: “He (Sidhu) is dangerous to the state.”
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