Sukhbir Singh Badal, Navjot Singh Sidhu spar over ‘missile’ remark

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, June 30

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal today termed Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu as a ‘misguided missile’ which could go in any direction and also criticised AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, terming his visit to Punjab as a ‘deceptive’ one.

Within minutes of Sukhbir’s remarks, the cricketer-turned-politician hit back and tweeted, “Guided and aimed at you to destroy your corrupt businesses… Until your Sukh Vilas built on Punjab’s ruins is not turned into a Public School & Public Hospital to serve Punjab’s poor, I won’t relent !!”

Sukhbir was in Amritsar today and after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple along with his wife Harsimrat Kaur Badal, he said Sidhu, like a misguided missile, could explode in any direction. “I fear that it could hit him too,” he said sarcastically while adding “right from a cricketer to a politician, he remained a controversial figure”.

Launching an attack on Kejriwal, he said, “Kejriwal has no association or connection with Punjab. Who will be held accountable if Kejriwal’s words were not kept? His announcement of 300 units of free power, if AAP comes to power, proved to be hollow at the spot when he was made to clarify if the power consumption exceeded the prescribed limit, every unit will be charged. He was here just to deceive the people of Punjab,” Sukhbir said.