Captain Amarinder Singh confirmed to launch new political party and seat sharing pact with BJP
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh confirmed that his new party will enter a seat-sharing arrangement with the BJP, but asserted that he was not open to an alliance with Akalis.
The name of the party has not yet been decided upon, he added. Yes, I am forming a party. My lawyers are working on it. I can tell you the name once the Election Commission approves it. We have made a request for the symbol also,” Capt Amarinder said at a press conference in Chandigarh that was telecast live on his social media handle.
The announcement comes a little over a month since the two-time chief minister stepped down on September 18 following a revolt by Congress dissidents led by state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. Charanjit Singh Channi was chosen to head the Congress government in the state and implement pre-poll promises with barely four months to the elections.
“We will explore seat adjustment with the BJP and breakaway factions of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) but there will be no alliance,” Capt Amarinder Singh clarified, adding “I can’t tell you the names of the Congress leaders in touch with me.”
Capt Amarinder Singh listed out his achievements in the past four-and-a-half years and said, “92 % of all promises were fulfilled. Ministers made petty statements. I don’t want to name them. The industry investment target was Rs 1 lakh crore. We almost achieved it. I’ll be sharing details of all works done by my government and development works carried out despite the fact that they were not even promised in the manifesto.”
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Even as the former chief minister was speaking, Sidhu took to Twitter to reiterate the support of Punjab Congress MLAs. “We, the 78 MLAs of the Congress, could never imagine, what we received was an arm-twisted, ED controlled BJP loyal chief minister of Punjab @capt_amarinder…who sold the interests of Punjab to save his skin! You were the negative force stalling justice and development of Punjab,” Sidhu tweeted.
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