World Saw Humiliation & Insult Heaped Upon Me: Amarinder Singh Responds to Rawat

Rawat had said that the Captain had failed to deliver on his promises of action against drugs, among other issues.

After Congress' in-charge of Punjab Harish Rawat said that there were no facts in reports that Amarinder Singh was insulted by the party, the former chief minister of the state, on Friday, 1 October, questioned why, then, was Navjot Singh Sidhu allowed to openly criticise him on multiple occasions.

"Three weeks before stepping down as the CM, I had offered my resignation to Sonia Gandhi but she had asked me to continue. The world saw the humiliation and the insult heaped on me, and yet (Harish) Rawat is making claims to the contrary. If this was not humiliation then what was it?" Amarinder Singh was quoted as saying by ANI.

"If the party didn't intend to humiliate me, then why was Navjot Singh Sidhu allowed to openly criticise & attack me on social media & other public platforms for months? Why did the party give the rebels, led by Sidhu, a free hand in undermining my authority? Why was no cognizance given to the uninterrupted spree of electoral wins I handed over to the party through the four and a half years I was in the saddle?"

Amarinder Singh, as reported by The Indian Express