Chandigarh, April 7, 2014 - The Shiromani Akali Dal today described Captain Amarinder Singh's admission that AAP was directly hurting only the Congress as the first unintended acceptance of an imminent defeat. This also confirmed the SAD view that the Congress was heading for a the number three slot in the state, way behind SAD-BJP and even AAP, said the party's general Secretary and Principal Spokesperson, Harcharan Bains, claiming that the admission by Captain Singh had vindicated the SAD-BJP stand that the Congress was likely finish only among also rans.
The SAD General Secretary said that it was significant that the Congress appeared to be scared of a party with which it had formed a government in Delhi "Such an important admission in the thick of the election campaign by a responsible and senior leader like Captain Amaridner SIngh showed that the reality was beginning to sink in into the Congress minds.
Captain Singh is usually the last person to concede superiority to any opponent, said Bains
Bains said that the the admission by the Congress must come as a shocker to those who might still had hoped for the party to put up some kind of a fight in these elections after fielding their main
leaders.
"Up to now, the Congress leaders had either been writing off AAP as a non-entity or claiming that it would adversely affect the SAD-BJP candidates more than the Congress. With today's admission by Captain Amarinder Singh, the Congress has has acknowledged the ground reality that the Congress was slipping even behind AAP in Punjab," said the SAD General Secretary.
Date:
Monday, April 7, 2014