Sunil Jakhar will be Punjab’s CM one day: Capt Amarinder Singh

CHANDIGARH: While campaigning for Congress’ Gurdaspur candidate Sunil Jakhar, who is up against actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol, Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday predicted that Jakhar, with his strong connect with the people, would lead them as the state’s chief minister one day.
Negating any contest from BJP’s Sunny Deol to Jakhar, Captain Amarinder said that in sharp contrast to the Congress leader, who had been working in every corner of the constituency for the past 18 months, the actor had no interest in the welfare of the people of Gurdaspur. Sunny has come from Mumbai in search of a career in politics since his acting career has virtually ended, said the chief minister, adding that the actor had no stakes in Gurdaspur.
Pointing out that even after being named BJP candidate from Gurdaspur, he was spending his time campaigning in Haryana and other places, the chief minister said it was clear arrogance towards the voters, whom he will now show his face again after the polls.
Amarinder, meanwhile, said he trashed as mere wishful thinking Prakash Singh Badal’s shameful statement that the people of Punjab had forgotten the Bargari sacrilege incident. The Akalis are desperately hoping and wishing that is the case, as the Badals have no defence or justification to show how the sacrilege cases could take place under their noses without their knowledge, the chief minister said at an election rally.
“The Akalis may hope and want that people to forget about Bargari and other incidents but that will not happen, and they will have to pay for their sins,” he added. They will face the consequences of their actions, declared the chief minister, adding that the Akalis led by the Badals could not escape punishment for their involvement in killing innocent people.