Chandigarh, Mar 24 (UNI) Ruling out any threat from the other major political parties in the next assembly elections, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said he believed that his experience of governing the state and serving in the Army will help him handle the challenges of the state beyond 2022 also.
Speaking at a media event, the Chief Minister trashed the C-voter survey, that gave Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) a lead in the 2022 assembly polls, as a “paid job” of Arvind Kejriwal. The AAP leader has a huge media budget he can use to buy such surveys, he said, adding that Kejriwal’s party poses no risk to the Congress in Punjab.
“This same company had predicted 100 seats for AAP in 2016/17 and every one knows how many they ultimately got”, he said , adding that Kejriwal and his party would meet the same fate in 2022.
Pointing out that the Delhi Chief Minister had failed to implement even 30 per cent of his promises in his previous terms, Capt Amarinder said Kejriwal should focus on his own state instead of talking rubbish in Punjab. “He talks about giving jobs to Punjab when his own track record in Delhi is pathetic!” he quipped.
As for the Akalis, they are a divided lot and the party is splintering, with nobody to hold them together, said the Chief Minister, adding that Badal Senior is no longer in a position to lead the party due to his age.
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