Former Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Monday blamed “the Gandhis” for the complete rout of the Congress.
Hitting out at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) for trying to put the blame on him instead of gracefully admitting to their own blunders, Capt. Amarinder said: “The Congress has not only lost in Punjab but also in Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Goa and Manipur and the Gandhis are entirely to blame for the shameful defeat. The fact was that the people across the country had lost faith in the leadership of the Gandhis.”
Pointing out that many senior leaders within the party were outright blaming the infighting in the State unit and the “anti-party” statements of State party president Navjot Singh Sidhu for the abysmal performance, the former Chief Minister said the Congress was comfortably placed till he was sacked to favour certain sycophants.