Cong to go ahead with Canada programmes

Chandigarh, April 26

The Congress in Punjab has decided to go ahead with its prescheduled programmes in Canada, which were to be addressed by PCC president Amarinder Singh.

Amarinder will address some of these programmes, slated to be held in different cities, including Toronto and Vancouver, through Skype.

“The party has also hired a battery of lawyers here to legally fight the complaint filed by Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), an anti-India splinter group, against Amarinder. We are confident that the complaint will be dismissed as it had no merit at all," Kapurthala MLA Rana Gurjit Singh said.

Singh, who was in charge for the programmes in Canada, said all the programmes will go on according to the schedule and Amarinder will address through Skype.

He said the party may also organise a function in the US near the Canadian border so that people can meet Amarinder personally.

He has already addressed one such public meeting through Skype.

On why Amarinder cancelled his Canada visit, the Congress leaders said that he had only rescheduled it and will be visiting the country sooner rather than later.

Rana Gurjit also alleged that since some legal impediments were created by the "vested interests and anti-India forces, apparently to help and support Aam Aadmi Party, Amarinder decided to get the issue resolved before going there to avoid any untoward situation".

"It is a tragic irony that the leader who put his political career at stake, not once but several times to safeguard the rights of Punjabis, was being accused of violating their rights," Rana Gurjeet said. — PTI