AAP bubble will burst sooner than later in Punjab: Amarinder

Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh today said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) bubble will burst sooner than later in the state.
Amarinder said the AAP was only a hype with virtually nothing on ground except "a bunch of rejected and worn out leaders" from other parties.
"The AAP does not have any policy, programme or leader and they cannot go on to win elections by merely abusing everybody," he said.
Stating that AAP or the SAD-BJP combine were no challenge to Congress, Amarinder said he was convinced that his party will storm to power with a record majority in 2017 assembly elections.

The former Punjab chief minister was here to pay homage to two martyrs in Pathankot terror attack Captain Fateh Singh in Jhanda Gujaran and Subedar Kulwant Singh in Chak Sahrif village.
Amarinder, also the deputy leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, said he did not expect much to come out from the inquiry commission constituted by Pakistan to probe the Pathankot terror attack since officials from Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which controls Jaish-e-Mohammed, the militant outfit suspected of the strike, were part of the joint investigative team.

However, he added that there was no way out for the two countries other than dialogue for permanent peace on the border.

The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committe president was accompanied by campaign committee chairperson Ambika Soni, general secretary in charge Shakeel Ahmad, secretary in charge Harish Chaudhary, CLP leader Charanjit Singh Channi, former PCC president Partap Singh Bajwa among others.
In his tributes to the martyred soldiers, he said Gurdaspur area had a great tradition and history of valour and gallantry as so many soldiers had laid down their lives in earlier wars also.
He also assured support to the bereaved families of the two soldiers.
Further training guns at AAP, he said the party was "vertically divided" in Punjab, in desperation it was hunting leaders from other parties only to end up taking all the rejected political deadwood from other parties.

AAP, he said, was certainly going to meet the same fate as that of the People's Party of Punjab in 2011 as he recalled the hype it had created back then but failed to win on a single seat.
Amarinder alleged while suspended DSP Jagdish Bhola
had been acquitted in a case of "heroin smuggling", the investigation in the main case of "synthetic drugs" against him was deliberately being delayed by the Enforcement Directorate to "protect some people".
"The Directorate was trying to protect some Akali leaders whose names had figured during the investigation," he said.
To a question about the Deputy Chief Minister alleging that the AAP was being funded by "anti-India forces", the PCC president said this was a "serious charge" and in case he (Sukhbir) has some proof and evidence he must share it with the people of Punjab.

Amarinder strongly condemned the incident of sacrilege in the United States.
"The union government must register strong protest with the US government over the issue," he said.
He also blamed the SGPC for its "failure" to create awareness about the Sikhism and Sikh identity in the US.
"It was the responsibility of Dharam Prachar Committee of the SGPC to create awareness that Sikhs are the most peaceful people in the world and their identity must not be mistaken for anyone else," he said.
He said the upcoming assembly elections was a "crucial battle" and "everybody needs to work hard".
"While the Congress party was far ahead of others, there was no scope for complacency," he added.