Local leaders blame CM for Lambi show

Archit Watts

Tribune News Service

Lambi, September 23

Following a lacklustre performance in the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections on former CM Parkash Singh Badal’s home turf Lambi, local Congress leaders have put the blame on Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.

They are also accusing the cops and the administration of favouring Akalis. Both the Congress and SAD have won two zila parishad seats each in Lambi zone. However, the SAD has an edge over the Congress, as it has also won the Lambi panchayat samiti polls.

Randheer Singh Khudian, general secretary, PPCC, said: “Capt Amarinder contested the Assembly elections from Lambi in 2017, but never visited the constituency even once after forming the government. I am still thankful to the voters who stood with us. The police and the administration, however, connived with the Akalis and helped them. Not a single case is registered on the complaint of Congressmen injured in poll violence.”

Party leaders are taking to social media to express their resentment. Several party workers are openly suggesting the local leaders to boycott the rally. A few of them have even sought to form a parallel group in Lambi.

Gurjant Singh Brar, DCC vice-president, Muktsar, said: “We are fighting our battle against the Akalis at our own level. No one in the party is concerned about us.”