Chandigarh: Playing the cards close to his chest, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday launched a non-political front in Punjab attacking the Akali-BJP combine, Congress and the AAP but gave no indication about who he will align with in the Assembly elections.
He dubbed the AAP, with which he was widely speculated to be eyeing a tie up, as “anarchy in the garb of democracy” and said its leader Arvind Kejriwal wants only “yes-men”.
Addressing a press conference at the formal launch of “Awaaz-E-Punjab”, a non-political front for “betterment” of Punjab, the former BJP leader, who quit his Rajya Sabha seat in July, said its aim is to hand over the power of democracy to people. Sidhu said that in the next 15-20 days he will come out with the front’s future plan.
Launching a frontal attack on the Badals, who have been in power for a decade, he said the ‘kaale Badal’ (dark clouds) have overshadowed Punjab ”. Over the issue of his quitting the Rajya Sabha seat, he said that “It had nothing to do with AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal. I had refused the Rajya Sabha seat two years back.”
