Dubbingthe AAP leader a coward who had run scared and apologised when cornered in adefamation case by SAD’s Bikram Majithia, Punjab Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh on Monday said Arvind Kejriwal’s desperate attempts to hide hisgovernment’s utter failure to protect the famers’ interests will not save himfrom their wrath, nor will they safeguard his party from being decimated in thenext Punjab Assembly elections.
“Justas every Punjabi knows that I am not one to be cowed down by any amount of falseED or other cases, they also know that you will sell your soul if it servesyour purpose,” the Chief Minister said, in a resounding response to Kejriwal’sfalse allegations and accusations against him (Captain Amarinder).
Daringhis Delhi counterpart to cite even a single instance when he (CaptainAmarinder) backed off under pressure of ED or any other agency, the PunjabChief Minister pointed out that from Operation Bluestar to SYL and now to theFarm Laws issue, he had always done the right thing by his people, in sharpcontrast to Kejriwal, whom the whole of Punjab had seen cringing in fear in theface of a minor defamation case and the whole of Delhi had seen begging theCentre for help amid the pandemic.
Assertingthat the whole world had seen how Kejriwal had sold off the farmers’ interestsby notifying one of the black farm laws in the national capital at a time whenthe farmers were preparing to march to Delhi, Captain Amarinder said the Delhichief minister had exposed his own `setting’ with the central government withthis act.
“Whydid you do that Kejriwal? What pressure did the Centre have on you? Or is it soyou can go grovelling back to them again the next time your pathetic governmentis floundering to handle the Covid crisis, as you have already done twice?”Captain Amarinder asked Kejriwal, slamming the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nationalconvenor over his unending saga of lies.
Takinga dig at Kejriwal’s self-proclaimed anger over the conspiracy of certain vestedinterests to undermine the farmers’ agitation by linking with anti-nationalism,the Punjab Chief Minister said the farmers needed no endorsement of theirgenuineness from the man who had hobnobbed with Khalistanis in the run-up tothe 2017 Punjab Assembly polls.
“Ifyou think farmers are going to be taken in by your dramatics and crocodiletears, then you, Mr. Kejriwal, are totally mistaken, just as you were mistakenwhen you thought AAP would sweep the Punjab elections in 2017,” said CaptainAmarinder. Likening the Delhi CM to adust storm that moves in the direction in which it sees the winds moving, theChief Minister said Kejriwal’s attempts to sweep the farmers’ agitation, wherehe is currently seeing an opportunity to promote his political agenda, will notsucceed.
“Youshould back off before you and your party are swept off the political landscapeof India altogether,” said Captain Amarinder, warning Kejriwal against playingwith fire. Nobody has ever survived the anger of cheated masses, and Kejriwal,who has already cheated the farmers more than once, will not be able to endureit either, said the Chief Minister.