Ramoowalia is a spent force, says Amarinder

Chandigarh, November 24
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh said today that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was like a drowning man, “trying to latch on to everything that comes his way”.

This explained Badal’s submission to every term and condition set by Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, otherwise a spent force, for merging his party with the SAD, he said.

Capt Amarinder Singh ridiculed Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal’s claim that with Ramoowalia joining the SAD, the party would rule Punjab for another 50 years.“However, if it really boosts the sagging morale of the demoralised Badals, who are running away from their respective constituencies, then their plight is really pitiable”, he remarked.

The claim that the SAD would rule for another 50 years was hopllow as Badal was finding it difficult to identify a safe seat for himself and his son, He remarked.

“It is natural for a man who has spent 70 years in politics and remained Chief Minister four times and is yet unable to identify a safe seat for himself to walk an extra mile to welcome to the party fold a man like Ramoowalia, a spent force in today’s politics”, the PCC presidentobserved.“Ramoowalia’s value is the same as that of an outdated cheque”, he claimed. The former Chief Minister pointed out that Ramoowalia and his Lok Bhalai Party was a non-entity from day one as it had polled 1.17 per cent votes in the 2002 elections and a mere .36 per cent in the 2007 elections.