Congress Needs To ‘Reinvent Itself’, Says Sidhu As He Lauds ‘Honest’ Bhagwant Mann

New Delhi: Asserting the Congress misplaced the Punjab Meeting elections due to the mafia raj that prevailed within the state, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has stated the grand outdated celebration now wanted to reinvent itself.

Sidhu, who resigned because the Punjab Congress chief after the drubbing within the meeting polls, stated earlier on Friday that the celebration has to reinvent itself.

“I didn’t communicate earlier however all people has a proper to talk and I say right now that the Congress misplaced due to the five-year rule of the mafia raj,” he added, PTI reported.

The Congress chief stated that he has at all times fought towards the mafia.

Sidhu, who has previously criticized his personal authorities in Punjab over alleged mafias in sand-mining, transport and cable TV sectors, nonetheless, didn’t elaborate additional.

“My battle was not towards any particular person. It was towards the system and towards some individuals who had been consuming into the state like termites,” Sidhu stated, including his battle is for Punjab’s existence and never for any publish.

“Until the time politics stay a enterprise it is not going to be revered…When Punjab turns into mafia-free, the state will rise,” he added.

The Congress chief additionally praised Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as a “youthful brother” and an “sincere man”.

Sidhu stated he’ll help Mann if he fights towards the mafia.

“He’s an sincere man. I’ve by no means raised a finger at him. If he fights towards it my help is with him, even rising above celebration traces, as a result of it’s a battle for Punjab’s existence,” he informed reporters on the sidelines of an occasion the place Amrinder Singh Raja Warring took cost because the state Congress president.

The Congress chief’s reward for Mann got here a day after he hit out on the Punjab authorities over the police motion towards former Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) leaders Kumar Vishwas and Alka Lamba and accused it of performing like a “puppet” of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

The AAP made a clear sweep within the not too long ago held Punjab elections and gained 92 seats within the 117-member meeting.