Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh today accused Sukhpal Khaira, who switched over to AAP, of betraying and backstabbing the people of Bholath.
"The way Sukhpal Khaira betrayed and backstabbed the people of Bholath, he will not be accepted or trusted anywhere anymore no matter which constituency he contests from," the Congress leader said.
Addressing a public meeting organised by Kapurthala district president Navtej Cheema at Subhanpur near here, Amarinder promised the people here that the party will give them a better candidate who will not let them town.
"The candidate will be purely of your choice," he said.
Coming down heavily on Sukhpal for his "opportunism", he pointed out how hehad let down not only the Congress party which had given him so much but also thousands of Congress workers who had stood by him against all odds and suffered police and Akali excesses just because they supported him.
"And when he felt he cannot win from here, he flew off purely for selfish motiveslike a seasonal bird," Amarinder remarked, while adding, "No matter which constituency he goes to he will never win."
The PCC president also asked the Aam Aadmi Party, which Sukhpal had joined,to explain its policies, programmes and identify some leaders if it really had any.
"What will he (Arvind Kejriwal) do here?" he asked, while pointing out that the Delhi chief minister was from Haryana, astate with which Punjab has so many long pending inter-state disputes.
