Nawanshahar, July 26: Congress will go it alone in the Assembly elections in Punjab next year and sweep the polls, PCC chief Amarinder Singh on Friday said.
Congress is not seeking alliance with any political party in the state and will sweep the elections entirely on its own, the former chief minister told reporters here.
The Congress leader, who was speaking to reporters after meeting party workers from three Assembly segments of Nawashahar, Balachaur and Banga, said unlike the Akalis and the BJP, the Congress did not need any alliance partners in Punjab.
He said although the BSP had already spurned Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s offer of a tie-up, even if the alliance had materialised the party would still be defeated.]
Replying to a question whether the district presidents will be able to contest the forthcoming polls in the state, Singh said there is no bar on anyone seeking a party ticket.
The PCC will make recommendations based on the winning chances of the candidates and the final decision will be taken by Congress President Sonia Gandhi only, he said.
The PCC President said so far he had covered 72 Assembly segments where he met the workers.
Describing it as a useful exercise, he said a lot of positive suggestions had come up which will be forwarded to the manifesto committee of the party.
Amarinder said, once in power, his party will explore the possibility of allowing the people having farmland along the foothills to level it so that it can be properly irrigated.
He said, people had complained to him while influential Akalis were being given a free hold inside the forest land, the common and ordinary farmers were not even allowed to level their own land adjacent to the foothills.
—-PTI