Ex Punjab Congress boss Sunil Jakhar – who declared his abdication from the party Saturday in a Facebook Live post – held a couple of expressions of commendation for senior pioneer Rahul Gandhi, whom he called ‘a decent individual’. Jakhar – eliminated from posts last month over ‘against party exercises’ – approached Gandhi to retake control and cautioned him to ‘reduce most, if not all, connection with puppets’. “Best of luck and farewell, Congress… ” Jakhar said as he wrapped up his eruption.
Jakhar’s sensation declaration comes as the Congress enters the second day of its Chintan Shivir meet in Rajasthan – a three-day meeting of senior pioneers to survey the party’s shocking outcomes in five state races held in February-March and plot a recuperation in front of the 2024 Lok Sabha surveys.
His remarks today underlined how much work the Congress should do to take care of its business and arise as a genuine challenger to the BJP – both in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh surveys due not long from now and the following year’s overall political decision.
On his Facebook Live post the 68-year-old tore into Congress pioneers ‘sitting in Delhi (who have) destroyed the party in Punjab’.
That swipe was for the party’s loss to the Aam Aadmi Party in the February political decision; the Congress was expelled from power in Punjab (a rare example of states it managed out and out) after sequential infighting that started with then boss priest Amarinder Singh and ex state boss Navjot Sidhu competing – freely, sharply – and went on with a trade of swipes with CM Charanjit Channi.
Jakhar additionally accused Rajya Sabha MP Ambika Soni and her remark on ‘repercussions of having a Hindu boss priest in Punjab’ for the party’s lackluster display in state surveys. Soni, in September, had turned down a proposal to supplant Amarinder Singh, expressing “… for Punjab there must be a Sikh face”.
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That was over hypothesis Jakhar was not considered as boss priest since he is a Hindu; then too he had accused ‘senior consultants sitting in Delhi’.
Jakhar has likewise faulted Channi for the Congress’ horrible showing – remarks that welcomed a show-cause notice from the party. He never answered to the notification, which likewise talked about claimed ‘overly critical’ comments against Channi.
Jakhar had called Channi a ‘obligation whose voracity pulled the party down’.
The AAP cleared the surveys winning 92 of 117 gathering seats, pushing the Congress to a far off next in line position with just 18 seats.
In the mean time, during his tirade on Facebook, Jakhar likewise hammered Harish Chaudhary, previous state in-control Harish Rawat and Tariq Anwar.
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