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Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu while talking about the factionalism in the state unit, said that nobody can defeat his party, only his own party can do so in the upcoming assembly elections in the state.
As per ANI report, Speaking to the media in Amritsar, Sidhu said, “No one can defeat Congress. Only Congress can defeat itself.”
Earlier, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Sidhu had urged Rahul Gandhi during his visit to the state to announce the chief ministerial face for the polls, following which Gandhi had said that the decision in this regard would be taken by the party workers.
Hitting out at his opponent from the Amritsar East constituency, Shiromani Akali Dal’s Bikram Singh Majithia, the Punjab Congress president said, “He (Majithia) is ‘parcha mafia’. He has filed cases against so many people. I haven’t lodged a single case against anyone. Everyone knows that Congress will give a strong & secure government We will make a new Punjab.”
According to ANI, Sidhu took on Majithia and challenged him to contest the upcoming Punjab Assembly poll only from the Amritsar East constituency after SAD fielded the latter from Amritsar East as well as from Majitha constituencies.
