Sidhu has proved he is unstable, not match for Punjab: Amarinder

Quickly after Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as Punjab Congress president on Tuesday, former chief minister Amarinder Singh dubbed it a “drama” and stated the cricketer-turned-politician is “unstable” and “not match” for the border state.

Sidhu despatched his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday.

“I advised you so…he isn’t a secure man and never match for the border state of Punjab,” Singh tweeted quickly after Sidhu posted a letter of his resignation to Sonia Gandhi on his Twitter deal with.

Singh stated Sidhu’s resignation inside two months of taking up the very important publish has proved past doubt that he was “an unstable man, who couldn’t be relied upon to guide the ruling social gathering.

Terming Sidhu’s resignation as “sheer drama”, Singh stated the transfer urged that his former cupboard colleague was “making ready the bottom to stop the Congress and be a part of fingers with somebody different social gathering within the run-up to the state meeting polls”.

“I had been saying all alongside that this man is unstable and harmful, and can’t be entrusted with the duty of working Punjab,” he later stated in an announcement.

“Sidhu had additionally proved to be completely incompetent throughout his stint as a minister in his authorities,” he additionally stated.

Singh, who arrived in Delhi on a private go to, advised newsmen on the airport that Punjab is a delicate state, sharing over 600 km of border with a hostile Pakistan, and Sidhu’s shut hyperlinks along with his cricketer pal Imran Khan and ISI chief Qamar Javed Bajwa “are a severe risk to India’s nationwide safety”.

He stated that by resigning inside two months of taking up because the state Congress chief, Sidhu has as soon as once more exhibited his “shifty character”.

“I’ve identified this boy since his childhood and he has been a loner and might by no means be a crew participant,” stated Singh, recalling how the cricketer had abandoned the Indian crew in 1996 in England.

“That is what his actual character is,” the previous chief minister stated.

Describing Sidhu as a “flamboyant” speaker, Singh stated what he speaks in public conferences or rallies might make individuals chortle, “but it surely’s all froth, with no substance”.

“Individuals do not vote for buffoonery,” he stated, including that nobody take Sidhu significantly.

Replying to a query that Sidhu was apparently upset with the inclusion of some ministers in Charanjit Singh Channi’s cupboard, Singh stated that the PPCC chief apparently wished to run the federal government by distant management.

“What nonsense is that this! Cupboard formation is the prerogative of the chief minister, so why ought to Sidhu intervene in it,” he stated.

On Sidhu’s declare that he was quitting because the social gathering chief on issues of precept, Singh stated, “What ideas is he speaking about? He is solely making grounds to stop the Congress. You wait and see, he’ll be a part of fingers with another social gathering very quickly.”

Replying to a different query, the previous minister stated that Congress excessive command ought to instantly settle for Sidhu’s resignation and appoint some competent man in his place.

When requested if he would again former PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar for the job, Singh stated, “He (Jakhar) may be very competent and had carried out exceeding nicely because the social gathering chief.”

Scotching hypothesis that he was in Delhi to fulfill senior BJP leaders, the previous chief minister stated he had come on a private go to, with the primary intent of vacating the Kapurthala Home for the brand new chief minister of Punjab.