The Punjab government took strong exception to the Centre's reported move of empowering the BSF to carry out searches and make arrests up to an area of 50 km from the international border.
Jakhar also said “aspersions” being cast on the selection of the state's advocate general and state police head were actually “questioning the integrity” of the CM.
He also slammed the Congress' rivals for attacking the party over the choice of chief minister, saying they are missing the forest while counting trees in attributing political motives to the decision.
Sunil Jakhar has described party's state in charge Harish Rawat's statement that the upcoming state Assembly elections will be fought under Navjot Singh Sidhu's leadership as baffling.
Former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Sunil Jakhar on Monday described Harish Rawat's statement that the upcoming state Assembly elections will be fought under the leadership of Navjot Singh Sidhu as "baffling". "On the swearing-in day of Sh @Charnjit_channi as Chief Minister, Mr Rawats’s statement that “elections will be fought under Sidhu”, is baffling. It’s likely to undermine CM’s authority but also negate the very ‘raison d’être’ of his selection for this position," he tweeted.
Amarinder Singh resigned as Punjab chief minister on Saturday, saying he felt 'humiliated' at the way the party handled the infighting in the state unit. Congress MLAs in Punjab have meanwhile reiterated that the decision over the prospective candidate for the post of Punjab CM lies in the hands of the party's high command. Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar, current state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa are frontrunners for the post of the CLP leader, the sources said.
Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned as Punjab Chief Minister ahead of the crucial Congress Legislature Party meeting in Chandigarh today. The development comes amid the ongoing power battle with Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Navjot Singh Sindhu that have created differences in the party.
Earlier in the day, Amarinder Singh spoke to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and expressed his anguish and displeasure over his repeated "humiliation".
Amid fresh rumblings in the Punjab unit of Congress, the party has convened an urgent meeting of its legislators in the state in Chandigarh today at 5 pm. Sunil Jakhar spoke on the same, saying that Rahul Gandhi has taken a bold decision.
Directly questioning the party's high command's decision on the appointment of Sidhu as the new Punjab Congress chief, Jakhar said that the person who was trying to patch up the rift between Captain Amarinder Singh and Sidhu was forgotten by the Congress party.
Sidhu, who replaced Sunil Jakhar, was elevated to the position despite opposition from Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
Congress Interim president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday appointed Navjot Singh Sidhu as president of Punjab Congress Committee with immediate effect.
Navjot Singh Sidhu met Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Sunil Jakhar on Saturday.
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