Chandigarh: PCC president Capt Amarinder Singh has given an ultimatum to the party dissidents, telling them to relent or face expulsion from the party. He, however, says they will anyway be unable to dent the poll prospects of the Congress nominees. A meeting of the disciplinary committee of the Congress on Wednesday twill decide to expel the party rebels if they fail to retire in favour of the party candidates.
“The real Congress leaders will stand by the party and withdraw,” Amarinder Singh said while talking to reporters at the Congress Bhawan here today. He said the party would expel the dissidents and bar them from joining the Congress for a period of five years. “After this, there will be another five years of cooling period which means that once expelled a person will not be able to contest elections or hold any office for 10 years. This, in real terms, mean farewell to the party forever,” he added.
Amarinder alleged that Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal was using the Vigilance Bureau to transport money to fund the elections. Many rebels had been given money through Vigilance officers,. The PCC president claimed that he had confirmed reports that the rebels were being paid huge sums by the Deputy CM ranging between Rs 50 lakh and Rs 1 crore for contesting against Congress candidates.
Capt Amarinder claimed that the Congress was certain to win at least 70 seats as people had been joining the party in big numbers.
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