Capt Amarinder continues to be rallying point for Congress in Punjab
Wednesday, 04/07/2012
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/capt-amarinder-continues-be-rallying-point-congress-punjab/50351
The return of an independent MLA and three rebels to the Congress fold seems to have once again reinforced the public perception that the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt Amarinder Singh continues to be the rallying point for the party in the state. No matter party lost the last assembly election under his leadership Capt Amarinder no doubt enjoys mass following among the party workers and leaders alike.
The three rebels who returned to the party fold under his leadership include Lali Majithia from Majithia, who contested against Bikram Majithia and got over 27,000 votes, Hans Raj Jossan from Jalalabad, who contested against Sukhbir Badal and got about 31,000 votes and Naresh Puri who contested from Sujanpur and got about 27,000 votes. Interestingly all the three candidates who contested as rebels polled far more votes than the official party candidates.
Earlier, Rajneesh Bubby who had contested independently and won from Mukerian joined the party under Capt Amarinder’s leadership.
Two more rebel candidates including Deepinder Dhillon from Dera Bassi, who polled about 40,000 votes and Ashok Sharma who contested from Pathankot and polled about 24,000 votes are also likely to join the party in coming few days.
The very fact that these (rebel) candidates polled more votes than the official candidates and one of them also won, only points to the fact that there was something wrong in ticket distribution. And their return to the party under Capt Amarinder’s leadership reaffirms their faith in him.
Usually people expelled from the party do not return and that too when the party has not won the election and is in opposition. But these candidates have only reaffirmed their faith in the party and its leadership that despite having open offers from the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal they preferred their own party from where they had been expelled.
This could be possible only under the leadership of Capt Amarinder since he enjoys a clout among the cadres and leaders alike. The rebels only wanted to make a point that the party had not made proper ticket distribution which ultimately cost it the government.
