‘Rahul Gandhi was right’: Congress leaders react after Amarinder’s ‘new party’ announcement

ITDC INDIA EPRESS/ITDC NEWS R  “All along, the Captain was in bed with BJP and Akali Dal,” said a Punjab minister After former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh announced his intention to form a new party to contest the upcoming Punjab elections, expressing his hopefulness of a seat-sharing arrangement with the BJP and breakaway Akali groups, political reactions came in thick and fast.

Tweeted Maanmohan Singh Pahuja, Congress national social media coordinator: "News about @capt_amarinder forming a new party, a possible alliance with BJP, has proven @RahulGandhi correct. Trust the leader. RG [Rahul Gandhi] is very clear about ideology, he will not compromise on it. Captain’s comments should shut up those who criticised Congress leadership.” He was referencing criticism from various political quarters against the Gandhi family after Amarinder’s unceremonious exit. Amarinder had left the party after a prolonged dispute within the Congress, with the party high command leaders like Rahul and Priyanka seemingly throwing their weight behind his bete-noire, the untested Navjot Singh Sidhu. At that point of time, several analysts had critiqued the Congress for “unnecessary churn” within the party so close to the elections.