Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday questioned the timing of the recent Enforcement Directorate raids and called them as 바카라political vendetta바카라 but asserted that he was not giving an clean chit to anyone.
Sidhu further said his party will win at least 70 seats of the 117-assembly seats in the coming state assembly elections if a 바카라clear agenda바카라 for the state is incorporated in the poll manifesto. Replying to a question on the Enforcement Directorate raids at many places including at the premises of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's nephew, Sidhu slammed the BJP-led Centre over the raids and said the ED took action after nearly four years of the registration of the case.
He said they were sleeping for four years and when the state assembly elections came near, the raids were conducted by the Enforcement Directorate. When asked whether he was giving a clean chit by questioning the timing of the ED raids, Sidhu said, 바카라I am not giving any clean chit. Please do not misunderstand me. I am not giving anyone a clean chit. Let the law take its course.
바카라If you can prove a link then I will be the first one to criticize. But if you are doing political vendetta then I am not with you. Because I know the ED, the CBI and agencies have been used politically. That is the fact. If they can prove a link then I will say what I have to say. But today it is clear that it is a political vendetta,바카라 Sidhu said in a select media interaction here.
The ED on Wednesday had said it seized cash amounting to over Rs 10 crore, including about Rs 8 crore from a relative of Channi, during raids conducted in an anti-money laundering case investigation against illegal sand-mining operations in the poll-bound state. The action was initiated after taking cognisance of the 2018 FIR of the Nawanshahr (Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district) Police and some other such police complaints against some companies and individuals alleged to be involved in the business of illegal sand mining in the state.
Replying to a question on how many seats he was anticipating in the coming elections, Sidhu said, 바카라if a clear agenda is incorporated in the (poll) manifesto then (we will win) 70 seats.바카라 He said he will meet Congress leader and manifesto committee chairman Partap Singh Bajwa regarding the poll manifesto and said it will be released in coming days.
Notably, Navjot Sidhu has been batting for his 'Punjab Model', a roadmap for the state to be implemented after the party returns to power after the February 20 state assembly polls. Replying to a question, Sidhu said people will not waste their votes on 바카라spent cartridges바카라 as he targeted former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and other rival leaders.
Asked how he sees the 111-day-long Charanjit Singh Channi-led Punjab government, Sidhu said, 바카라It is just a trailer. A film will be run.바카라 To another question, Sidhu said only one ticket per family for the coming assembly polls will be given, stating that this is the rule of the party high command.
Notably, Rana Gurjeet Singh's son Inder Partap Singh has announced to contest as an independent from Sultanpur Lodhi seat from where sitting legislator Navtej Singh Cheema has been given the party ticket. Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's brother Manohar Singh had also announced to contest as an independent from Bassi Pathana seat. To a question on declaring him as the chief ministerial candidate, Sidhu said he was not there for any post.
바카라There are no aspirations and the only aspiration is this agenda (Punjab model). If this agenda is there, I am there. If a roadmap to resurrect Punjab is there, I am there. I am not there for any post,바카라 he said. 바카라Yes, if a post allows me to take decisions and the high command empowers me, I will do justice to that post, be it a minister, be it PPCC chief, be it anything. But it has to give me the power to take decisions and I am happy with it,바카라 he added.
He said he was taking the 'Punjab Model' of the Congress, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi to the people of the state. Sidhu further said, 바카라We are fighting 117 elections. There is an election on every seat and when we fight 117 elections, there are challenges on every seat.바카라
With inputs from PTI.
