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Manmohan Singh Not Contesting Lok Sabha Elections From Amritsar: Capt Amarinder Singh

Darpan News Desk IANS, 12 Mar, 2019 08:31 PM

    Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was never in the reckoning for candidature as he had made it clear that he was not interested in contesting the Lok Sabha elections.


    Talking to the media after meeting Raj Kumar Verka, chairman of the Punjab Warehousing Corporation, who took charge today, the Chief Minister described his meeting with Manmohan Singh in Delhi on Saturday as a courtesy call, during which he briefed the former Prime Minister on the Congress plans in Punjab.


    Verka was appointed as the Chairman of the Corporation last week and he took charge of his office on Friday.


    On Sunday, Punjab Chief Minister while meeting the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had reportedly urged him to contest from the Amritsar parliamentary seat.


    The Chief Minister had told the former PM that the state organisation unanimously wanted him to run from the seat and that the state unit would be honoured should he accept the proposal.



    Asked about the party’s star campaigner in the state, the Chief Minister said it was up to the Congress high command to decide the names of the key campaigners for the party in these elections.


    Capt ain Amarinder Singh has categorically denied any alliance talks with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), or any other party, for the May 19 Lok Sabha elections in the state.


    The Congress did not need any alliance in Punjab, nor was it in talks with any party on the same, Captain Amarinder said in response to a question while talking informally with mediapersons after meeting Raj Kumar Verka, Chairman of the Punjab Warehousing Corporation, at his office. Verka was appointed as the Chairman of the Corporation last week and he took charge of his office on Friday.


    Asked to comment on AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal’s statement that talks for alliance in Punjab were in progress, the Chief Minister said though he was not aware of such a statement, the Congress did not need any allies in Punjab.


    Exuding massive confidence about the Congress prospects in the parliamentary elections, the Chief Minister said the party was gung-ho about these polls, as was evident from the fact that it had chosen Ahmedabad – the home turf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- for the CWC meeting.

     

    This clearly showed the level of enthusiasm in the party, which was literally ready to take the BJP by its horns, he added.

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