Bathinda, April 12
The ongoing tussle between the Congress factions owing loyalty to Capt. Amarinder Singh and PPCC chief Rajinder Kaur Bhattal is generating much speculation ahead of the Baisakhi conference here. Supporters of party MLAS, Jeet Mohinder Singh and Harminder Singh Jassi, had clashed recently. So, there is a lot of curiosity on how the two sparring factions will manage to put up a united show.
It is well known that Jeet Mohinder Singh, MLA Talwandi Sabo and Harminder Singh Jassi, MLA Bathinda, do not get along well. This threatens to cast its shadow on the Baisakhi Conference also.
Aware of the ongoing tussle amongst Bathinda Congress MLAs, the PPCC chief had warned them, saying, “No indiscipline will be tolerated at the Baisakhi conference. If anybody commits any wrong, he will have to face the music.”
It has been reported that the PPCC chief ordered all MLAs to mark their presence in a cavalcade. Bhattal herself is expected to reach Talwandi Sabo in a large convoy. Her route has become another contentious point between the Tawandi Sabo and Bathinda. Both the MLAs were trying their level best to convenience the PPCC chief to come via their constituencies.
In the absence of any senior leader from the Centre, many issues, it is believed, may come to the fore, like coordination on stage, raising of slogans, mudslinging and time limit allocated for the leaders of the Bhattal and Amarinder factions.
When contacted, member of the coordination committee formed for the Baisakhi conference, Avtar Singh Brar, MLA Faridkot, said, “All the issues are being resolved. We have been trying to convince all MLAs from Bathinda to cooperate and not to fight overt petty issues.”
When Bhattal was asked about the tussle between the MLAs, she said, “All the leaders will be given a place on the stage and all interested, would be given a chance, in keeping with the decorum.”
Putting an end to the controversy over her route to Dam Dama Sahib, she said, “I will leave from Bhattal village and take the way via Bathinda, as it is shorter. There is no other reason for this.”
About her political differences with Capt. Amarinder Singh, she said, “We could only invite him for the Baisakhi conference and we did that. The rest depends upon him.”
On the other hand, one of the closest allies of Captain Amrinder , Bharat Inder Singh Chahal, while speaking over the phone, on his behalf, said, “Amarinder Singh will definitely come to the conference and would address the gathering .”
“Some people have been spreading rumours that he had spoken of remaining absent from the conference only to gain political mileage,” he alleged.
The ongoing tussle between the Congress factions owing loyalty to Capt. Amarinder Singh and PPCC chief Rajinder Kaur Bhattal is generating much speculation ahead of the Baisakhi conference here. Supporters of party MLAS, Jeet Mohinder Singh and Harminder Singh Jassi, had clashed recently. So, there is a lot of curiosity on how the two sparring factions will manage to put up a united show.
It is well known that Jeet Mohinder Singh, MLA Talwandi Sabo and Harminder Singh Jassi, MLA Bathinda, do not get along well. This threatens to cast its shadow on the Baisakhi Conference also.
Aware of the ongoing tussle amongst Bathinda Congress MLAs, the PPCC chief had warned them, saying, “No indiscipline will be tolerated at the Baisakhi conference. If anybody commits any wrong, he will have to face the music.”
It has been reported that the PPCC chief ordered all MLAs to mark their presence in a cavalcade. Bhattal herself is expected to reach Talwandi Sabo in a large convoy. Her route has become another contentious point between the Tawandi Sabo and Bathinda. Both the MLAs were trying their level best to convenience the PPCC chief to come via their constituencies.
In the absence of any senior leader from the Centre, many issues, it is believed, may come to the fore, like coordination on stage, raising of slogans, mudslinging and time limit allocated for the leaders of the Bhattal and Amarinder factions.
When contacted, member of the coordination committee formed for the Baisakhi conference, Avtar Singh Brar, MLA Faridkot, said, “All the issues are being resolved. We have been trying to convince all MLAs from Bathinda to cooperate and not to fight overt petty issues.”
When Bhattal was asked about the tussle between the MLAs, she said, “All the leaders will be given a place on the stage and all interested, would be given a chance, in keeping with the decorum.”
Putting an end to the controversy over her route to Dam Dama Sahib, she said, “I will leave from Bhattal village and take the way via Bathinda, as it is shorter. There is no other reason for this.”
About her political differences with Capt. Amarinder Singh, she said, “We could only invite him for the Baisakhi conference and we did that. The rest depends upon him.”
On the other hand, one of the closest allies of Captain Amrinder , Bharat Inder Singh Chahal, while speaking over the phone, on his behalf, said, “Amarinder Singh will definitely come to the conference and would address the gathering .”
“Some people have been spreading rumours that he had spoken of remaining absent from the conference only to gain political mileage,” he alleged.
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