Chandigarh : Facing the onslaught of AAP’s latest poster campaign on his alleged understanding with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh today tried to come out clean by claiming that an adverse verdict in the Amritsar Improvement Trust case could have benefited the Congress.
“Just because I have been exonerated as investigations were done on the directions of the Supreme Court, people are talking about my collusion with the Badals,” he said.
Talking to The Tribune on board a refurbished mini-bus meant to be used in the 2007 elections, Amarinder said it his statement regarding putting the Badals behind the bars was not election rhetoric. Asked why the Badals were let off in the disproportionate assets case that fuelled public perception about their tactic understanding, the former CM said 31 witnesses in the case turned hostile as the Badals on coming to power forced them to resile. “Otherwise, if you have a strong case, law will prevail. If you have a concocted case, the law will still prevail,” he said. On public perception over the alleged common interests of certain Akali and Congress leaders in the liquor and sand businesses, the PPCC chief said business and politics should not be mixed. “The government should be concerned about revenue not those who are part of the consortium bidding for the mining or liquor contract, irrespective of their political affiliation.”