Punjab Congress Chief Amarinder Singh Raja (Left), Sukhbir Badal (Right) | ANI Image, File
Chandigarh: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Saturday took a dig at the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal’s “re-election” as the president of the party.
“When did he resign?” Warring remarked when asked for his reaction on the development here.
The PCC president held that Sukhbir had taken only a “sabbatical” for his family engagements and was very much calling the shots in the party even when he had supposedly resigned, which he actually never did.
He alleged that Sukhbir had not followed the instructions of the Akal Takht, which had given clear orders for his removal as the SAD president.
Meanwhile, ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Malwinder Singh Kang also termed Sukhbir’s re-election as SAD president as a “drama’’. Stating that the development showed that the SAD is still in the grip of the Badal family, he alleged that people of Panthak ideology were once again cheated.