(Edits: Adds SAD’s response to Maken) Chandigarh, East Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh questioned on Tuesday Congress Ajay’s appointment Make As the head of his key panel for the state assembly elections, it alleged that the leader’s uncle was involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Shiromani Akali Dal also questioned his appointment and said it was a sign that the Gandhi family and the Congress high command were for Sikhs and their sentiments.
Maken, who is the Congress general secretary, was appointed as the chairman of the screening committee for shortlisting of candidates for the Punjab Assembly elections.
Terming Maken a “failed politician”, Singh said under his leadership the party lost two consecutive assembly elections in Delhi.
“Maken is the nephew of Lalit Maken, one of the main culprits of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. The Congress could not have nominated a worse person for the post than Maken,” the former chief minister said in a statement. ,
Singh said that while the Center “is prosecuting another criminal Sajjan Kumar, the Congress is rewarding the Makens and that too in Punjab, thus sprinkling salt on the wounds of Punjabis”.
“Congress should have avoided naming someone like Maken as the name itself creates ridicule and hatred in Punjab for his late uncle’s involvement in the anti-Sikh riots where innocent victims were burnt alive,” he said.
Reacting to Maken’s appointment, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia said in a statement, “It is a true indicator of the concern that the Gandhi family and the Congress high command have for Sikhs and their sentiments.”
Asking Congress what message is it giving? Sikh By appointing Maken as the chairman of the committee, he claimed that the party was bent upon disturbing communal peace in Punjab by resorting to such appointments.
The Shiromani Akali Dal leader alleged, “It is clear that the Gandhi family is following their age-old policy of divide and rule by deliberately provoking sentiments and creating rifts between different sections of the society.”
Majithia also expressed surprise that neither Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi nor his deputy Sukhjinder Singh Singh Randhawa | Or State Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu had objected to Maken’s appointment.
Meanwhile, Singh claimed that Maken did not have enough qualifications to head the screening committee along with veteran leaders like Ambika Soni and Sunil Jakhar.
He claimed that Maken presided over the party’s two consecutive defeats in the Delhi Assembly elections, with back-to-back vacancies.
“With someone who presided over the virtual wipe out of the party in Delhi, now being given a job in Punjab, the fate of the party can be anyone’s guess,” he said.
“After ensuring that the Congress gets zero seats in two successive elections in Delhi in 2014 and 2019, he has now been sent to ensure that the same feat is achieved in Punjab,” Singh said.
The former chief minister said this clearly indicates that the Congress has conceded defeat before the elections by appointing “a failed politician”, who lost the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha and assembly elections, even in the assembly He also lost his bail.
Singh was forced to resign as the Chief Minister of Punjab amid a power struggle with Sidhu. He formed his own party Punjab Lok Congress to contest the elections. PTI hear RR
The Shiromani Akali Dal also questioned his appointment and said it was a sign that the Gandhi family and the Congress high command were for Sikhs and their sentiments.
Maken, who is the Congress general secretary, was appointed as the chairman of the screening committee for shortlisting of candidates for the Punjab Assembly elections.
Terming Maken a “failed politician”, Singh said under his leadership the party lost two consecutive assembly elections in Delhi.
“Maken is the nephew of Lalit Maken, one of the main culprits of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. The Congress could not have nominated a worse person for the post than Maken,” the former chief minister said in a statement. ,
Singh said that while the Center “is prosecuting another criminal Sajjan Kumar, the Congress is rewarding the Makens and that too in Punjab, thus sprinkling salt on the wounds of Punjabis”.
“Congress should have avoided naming someone like Maken as the name itself creates ridicule and hatred in Punjab for his late uncle’s involvement in the anti-Sikh riots where innocent victims were burnt alive,” he said.
Reacting to Maken’s appointment, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia said in a statement, “It is a true indicator of the concern that the Gandhi family and the Congress high command have for Sikhs and their sentiments.”
Asking Congress what message is it giving? Sikh By appointing Maken as the chairman of the committee, he claimed that the party was bent upon disturbing communal peace in Punjab by resorting to such appointments.
The Shiromani Akali Dal leader alleged, “It is clear that the Gandhi family is following their age-old policy of divide and rule by deliberately provoking sentiments and creating rifts between different sections of the society.”
Majithia also expressed surprise that neither Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi nor his deputy Sukhjinder Singh Singh Randhawa | Or State Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu had objected to Maken’s appointment.
Meanwhile, Singh claimed that Maken did not have enough qualifications to head the screening committee along with veteran leaders like Ambika Soni and Sunil Jakhar.
He claimed that Maken presided over the party’s two consecutive defeats in the Delhi Assembly elections, with back-to-back vacancies.
“With someone who presided over the virtual wipe out of the party in Delhi, now being given a job in Punjab, the fate of the party can be anyone’s guess,” he said.
“After ensuring that the Congress gets zero seats in two successive elections in Delhi in 2014 and 2019, he has now been sent to ensure that the same feat is achieved in Punjab,” Singh said.
The former chief minister said this clearly indicates that the Congress has conceded defeat before the elections by appointing “a failed politician”, who lost the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha and assembly elections, even in the assembly He also lost his bail.
Singh was forced to resign as the Chief Minister of Punjab amid a power struggle with Sidhu. He formed his own party Punjab Lok Congress to contest the elections. PTI hear RR
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