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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has asked voters in Punjab not to look at the face of leaders but their actions to understand the “hidden powers” that are at work behind them, as the Gandhi scion attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal.
Taking on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), he claimed those seeking one chance to form the government will “destroy Punjab” and the state “will burn”. Gandhi also targeted former chief minister Amarinder Singh who the Congress leader said was removed by the party last year for hobnobbing with the BJP.
Addressing a poll rally at Rajpura, about 30 km from Chandigarh, for the February 20 Punjab assembly polls, Gandhi again cautioned people against going for any “experiment” in Punjab polls, saying only his party was capable of maintaining peace in the border state.
“The most important thing for Punjab is its peace. This is not a laboratory, not a chemistry lab or any such place where experiments can be done. Punjab is a border and sensitive state and only the Congress party understands Punjab and can maintain peace in the state,” he said.
“Those who are making promises to you, saying ‘ek baar mauka do’, they will destroy Punjab. Punjab will burn, remember my words,” he said attacking AAP.
Gandhi said he has been in politics since 2004 and, if any new person comes, that individual says “look he is Modi, Kejriwal, Gandhi, and that new person only sees a face”.
“But one who has some experience says there is a face but which force or power is behind it. I am standing here, you ask the question which power is behind him,” he said.
“Modi is standing, don’t look at his face, but you ask which all hidden powers are behind him and then look at their actions, then you will understand politics,” he said.
