Never stated Congress may lose Lok Sabha elections: Pratibha

Congress Members of parliament from Mandi and party state president Pratibha Singh today stated that she never made a statement that the party may lose the Lok Sabha election in the state and the morale of party workers is low.

Addressing a press conference at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan accompanied by the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Ms Singh criticized the media statement given by her to various television channels that she made a statement against the party.

Responding to media queries Ms Singh stated that media persons should not put their own words in the months that she had made statements about the inevitable loss of the party in the Lok Sabha election and the morale of party workers are down.

She emphatically stated that media persons are trying to make a narrative that Congress may lose the Lok Sabha election and party workers are not happy. 

“I have never made such statements however I firmly believe that the party would win the LS polls in the elections in the state and country. ” She asserted

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the Congress party is strong and people in the state also supported him after alleged attempt by the BJP to topple his government.

He said that the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is against constitutional practice as opposition Chief ministers who are elected by the people are being arrested today. Mr Sukhu said that BJP is trying to put opposition leaders behind bars by using central agencies and this would set a wrong precedence in the country.

He said that the tendering of resignation by the three Independent members was not known to him and none of the Independent MLAs are under the control of the BJP and Congress. They are decided to fly in a Helicopter and given CRPF security by the center and BJP. They were voted by more than 25000 voters how could they tender resignation without taking consent of constituents? He said that three MLAs must have explained before accusing the Congress government why they voted in the alleged exchange of cash(currency notes) and they are not in a position to face the public now and they are keeping them out of state and staying in the luxury hotels along with six disqualified MLAs. He said that three MLAs didn’t respect the public mandate after quitting in such suspense and without explaining why they indulged in murky deals.