Sidhu an opportunist, says CM

Ravi Dhaliwal

Tribune News Service

Kalanaur (Gurdaspur), Oct 27

After training guns on PPCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh and AAP president Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal termed Navjot Singh Sidhu as an “opportunist of the first order”. He said this while presiding over the Sangat Darshan programme held here today.

He said Sidhu had backstabbed his mother party and that was the reason why “no party was wiling to touch him even with a bargepole”.

“He has absolutely no stand. A rolling stone gathers no moss. He is putting his best foot forward to negotiate a favourable deal, but is yet to find success so far. He is into the politics of opportunism which is an art in itself but he is yet to master it. I wish him all the best in his future endeavours,” said Badal.

“Sidhu is a defector and a fugitive. He defected from his parent party without giving any solid reason and later became a fugitive. For days nobody knew where he was. I fail to understand why the man is playing games when the need of the hour for him was to come clean. How will people repose their trust in a deserter going by the name of Navjot Sidhu?” said the CM.

Taking on Amarinder yet again, the CM said he had concrete information that the Congress would consign the debt waiver scheme to backburner if at all the party was voted to power.

“People still remember the fact that Amarinder withdrew the facility of free power to farmers during his regime. A leopard can never change its spots,” he added.