Navjot Singh Sidhu, Charanjit Channi have House in splits

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 9

Among the MLAs who took a dig at Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Bikram Singh Majithia while he spoke on the Budget, his bete-noire and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu reacted the sharpest and had the House in splits with his witty comments.

In reaction to a couplet recited by Majithia, seeking answers to the unfulfilled promises by the Congress government; Sidhu, almost jumped from his seat and asked him to explain how he himself acquired eight luxury SUVs from owning just one MUV; how the luxury hotel in New Chandigarh was built; and how the fleet of buses increased from two to 1,600. To this, Majithia reacted: “I am glad, main suttee hoye jaga te”.

Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who was cornered by Majithia during the Akali-BJP government in 2016, as the then leader of Opposition, was the first one to take on Majithia.

When the SAD leader tried to taunt the treasury benches over their election slogan in 2017 elections, Channi said Punjab wanted to know how the fleet of buses increased from 100 to 1,100. He even said nobody would be able to stop the Congress ki “vikas ki gaddi”.