Chandigarh : In a major shock to Punjab Congress, on Monday, Punjab Congress Spokesperson Pritpal Singh Baliawal resigned from the party. He stated the reason of resignation as ‘the command of the party is in the wrong hands.’
He held the position of national coordinator in charge of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh Kisan Congress and senior media analyst within the party.
This comes after Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Navjot Singh Sidhu had called for trade talks with Pakistan stating that India-Pakistan friendship will increase trade.
In his resignation letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi he said that leadership of the state wing of the Congress had been put in the wrong hands. It has become very hard for him to defend nonsense, anti party – anti government remarks along with the ties with Pakistan.
Referring to Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu he wrote, “From 15 years, I honoured the responsibilities, given by the party on various platforms to strengthen the organisation. With high regards to you now the party had given the command of Punjab in wrong hands, as a spokesperson, it has become very hard to defend the nonsense and anti-party anti-government remarks along with his ties to Pakistan. We were in strong capacity to form government in 2022 under the leadership of Captain Amarinder Singh and Sunil Kumar Jakhar but you decided to choose Mr. Sidhu although Mr. Charanjit Singh was doing good but daily tweets by him is shrinking his and party’s image.”
Even in the Akali regime they registered false cases on my family and ruined my business but yet we stood by Congress. It hurt me again when the party gave the role to Jagdish Tytler,” the letter read.
“So, I have decided to resign from the responsibilities of National Coordinator. Incharge of Haryana & Himachal Pradesh Kisan Congress along with the responsibility of Senior Media Panelist of Punjab Congress,” it added.
My Resignation letter from the responsibilities of @INCIndia @ANI @aajtak @ABPNews @abpsanjha @News18Punjab @ZeePunjabHH @ptcnews @propunjabtv @news24tvchannel @Republic_Bharat @ZeeNews @indiatvnews @TimesNow @TNNavbharat pic.twitter.com/9g0Dn9VVjQ
— Pritpal Singh Baliawal (@PritpalBaliawal) December 6, 2021
Sidhu, earlier on Saturday, said that the India-Pakistan friendship will increase trade.
Sidhu had said, “If our friendship is increased with Pakistan then our business will also be increased. I admire our former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s scheme when he started Aman Eman Bus Sewa from India to Pakistan.”
The PCC chief had earlier stirred controversy by terming Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan his “elder brother”. Elections to 117-member Punjab Legislative Assembly are scheduled to be held next year. In 2017 Assembly polls, Congress won an absolute majority in the state by winning 77 seats and ousted the SAD-BJP government after 10 years. Aam Aadmi Party emerged as the second-largest party winning 20 seats in 117-member Punjab Legislative Assembly The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) could only manage to win 15 seats while the BJP secured 3 seats.
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