The Congress party’s decision to vote against the Centre’s ordinance on the control of services in Delhi in Parliament has provided the BJP and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab with ammunition to target both the Congress and the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Taking a dig at the Congress, BJP national spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said, “It is now official that the AAP and Congress are ‘one team’. Congress has now become the spare wheel of the AAP and it is clear that both these parties are playing a fixed match.”
Mr. Shergill pointed out that Congress MLA Partap Singh Bajwa, the leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, had publicly insisted that the Congress must not support the AAP’s position against the Central ordinance. “However, the Congress ‘high command’ has clearly disrespected the demand, which makes it amply clear that nobody bothers about the Punjab unit in All India Congress Committee,” he said, adding that the Congress has now lost any standing to question the AAP’s anti-Punjab policies.
