Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday said during the upcoming state assembly polls, youths will be given more tickets than they got during the last one. Mr Sidhu also trained guns at the previous SAD-BJP regime accusing them of patronising mafias in Punjab. Without naming anyone, the cricketer-turned-politician also took potshots at the AAP, claiming that they were after him to join their party.

The newly appointed Punjab Pradesh Congress chief was addressing the state Youth Congress workers at the Congress Bhawan. A march was also taken out by Youth Congress workers on the occasion of Independence Day. Addressing the gathering, Mr Sidhu promised youths that he would honour the merit and added that he wanted youths to get opportunities. Any talent is nothing without any opportunity, he stressed. He further said he has put up a bed at the Punjab Congress Bhavan for addressing the issues of workers, a promise which he made during its installation ceremony last month.

He said he had come to change the system which does not acknowledge workers and keep the power confined to a few people. “Youths will get one-and-half times more tickets than what they got earlier,” he announced. The Amritsar East legislator also sought to reply to his political opponents who had accused him of being after the post and power. Asserting that he had left the Rajya Sabha seat and other posts and asked if anybody among those criticizing him had ever left even the post of a sarpanch. 

News Source : News 18