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Sangrur result referendum against AAP: Congress
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said that people of Punjab have been clear and categorical in their Sangrur bypoll verdict against the “autocratic and dictatorial attitude” of the AAP government
The Punjab Congress on Sunday said the decisive defeat of the Aam Aadmi Party candidate in Sangrur parliamentary by-election was a referendum against the government as it had miserably failed the expectations of people who voted for them three months ago.
“This is an unprecedented defeat of a ruling party that is in office for just 100 days,” Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring remarked in a statement.
Accepting the people’s verdict, he congratulated Simranjit Singh Mann. Congress candidate Dalvir Singh Goldy trailed in the third position.
Warring said that people of Punjab have been clear and categorical in their verdict against the “autocratic and dictatorial attitude” of the state government.
Leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa said the setback to Mann and AAP is a reminder that public relations can never be a substitute to good governance.
In a series of tweets, the Congress leader also called it a testament of their (AAP’s) mis-governance and hollow promises.
“This is a message from Punjab to @ArvindKejriwal and @raghav_chadha to stop their politics of remote controlling Punjab and treating it like their colony to subserve their personal interests,” he tweeted.
