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Amid voices of dissent, Amarinder backs Sonia 

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By: Express News Service | Chandigarh |

November 26, 2020 11:46:39 pm





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He pointed out that Congress president Sonia Gandhi had not penalised anyone who had raised a voice of dissent but had, in fact, made then members of various committees, in true spirit of democracy, to bring in reforms.

Amid voices of dissent in Congress, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday rejected charges of the Congress lacking inner-party democracy and said that anyone was free to take their grouses to the party chief or the working committee but internal party issues should not be raised on public platforms.

“If you’re a Congressman, you can go to the party president or the Congress Working Committee with any problem you may have with the party functioning. But you should not go out to air your grievances. If you want to do that, you can leave the party,” said Amarinder in a statement, without naming any particular leader.

The Chief Minister said he had learnt this lesson from late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi when he was a Congress MP.

The former PM, he said, had told him that internal party matters should remain within the party, and this still holds true for the Congress.

He pointed out that Congress president Sonia Gandhi had not penalised anyone who had raised a voice of dissent but had, in fact, made then members of various committees, in true spirit of democracy, to bring in reforms.

Rejecting the suggestion for change in party leadership in the light of the Bihar election results, Amarinder said Sonia will remain the leader as long as she wants, after which the new leader will be elected. There was no need for change at this juncture, he said, adding that one should read too much in the Bihar poll verdict.

He recalled the time when BJP had only two seats in Parliament. The Congress could come back into power in 2024, he added.

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