Amarinder Singh slams Channi says, don’t mislead the farmers

Chandigarh: In a new attack on Chief Minister of Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi by former CM Captain Amarinder Singh, captain said that CM should stop misleading farmers.

In the video tweet, Channi said, “Today, I spoke with kisan union leader Balbir Singh Rajewal ji and discussed about the three farm laws imposed by GoI (government of India) on us.”

Amarinder Singh’s spokesperson, Raveen Thukral, replied in a rather strong statement that Channi was “misleading” farmers with the claim that seemed to indicate only he was speaking with farmers and not the previous Chief Minister.

“My govt did all this @CHARANJITCHANNI. We spoke to farmer leaders on #FarmLaws & passed our own amendment laws in Assembly too. But Governor is sitting over them & he’ll sit over any new laws. Pls don’t mislead the farmers with false promises.’: @capt_amarinder (File pix),” he tweeted.

After his exit, Amarinder Singh has taken a path different from the Congress, one which is being seen as a direct challenge to the Congress. He has said he will launch a new party and will speak with the BJP and others for seat-sharing for the assembly election next year.

The former Chief Minister denied reports that he was engaged in backchannel talks with senior Congress leaders, who want him to stay in the party.

“I want to build a strong collective force in the interest of Punjab and its farmers,” Amarinder Singh’s spokesperson tweeted, quoting him.

Amarinder Singh’s move is being seen as highly threatening to the Congress. A vote split may happen if he fields candidates of his new party against the Congress.

Amarinder who likely to soon be resigning from the Congress party has made his future plans very clear. He has announced that he will launch his own political party soon. The Congress high command is keeping an eye on every development.