Ridiculing his successor Charanjit Singh Channi for his frequent accusations that he had “connived with the Badals” and harmed Punjab interests, Punjab’s former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that actually it was other way round, as Channi had connived with and capitulated before the Badals to save his brother in Ludhiana City Centre case.
“It is a classic case of pot calling the kettle black”, Capt Amarinder remarked, while adding, “It is not me, but Mr Channi, who had pledged his support and conscience to Badals to save his brother”. Responding to Channi’s accusations, Amarinder said: “Although I did not want to join issue with him (Channi), his frequent false accusations have forced me to reveal his capitulations before Sukhbir Singh Badal in 2007 to save his brother who was an accused along with me in the Ludhiana City Centre case.”
Amarinder pointed out that he had put the Badals behind the bars in 2002; and in reprisal, they had filed a false case against him, which he fought in the courts for 13 years, while Channi himself tried to buy peace with them to save his brother and pledged his support to them (Badals) in the Vidhan Sabha.
