Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday dared former chief Sunil Jakhar, who just lately left the occasion to affix the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to contest the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll.

Addressing a gathering of occasion staff at Faridkot, Warring mentioned if Jakhar enters the fray from the BJP, even he’ll contest the by-election. “Then we will come to know who is the big leader… the leader who is loved by the people is big, not the one with a high status,” he mentioned.

The Sangrur Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Bhagwant Mann relinquished it on successful the meeting elections and changing into the Punjab chief minister.

While Warring gained the Gidderbaha meeting seat for the third consecutive time period in March, Jakhar didn’t contest the current elections. He has beforehand represented Abohar thrice within the meeting earlier than shedding in 2017 and was elected to the Lok Sabha from Gurdaspur after successful the bypoll the identical 12 months.

Warring mentioned that even because the Congress misplaced the current state elections, it did not imply individuals have been fed up with him or former Faridkot MLA Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon (who had organized the gathering).

“They (voters) have been fed up with our three-four leaders who have been preventing to grow to be the Punjab chief minister. Sunil Jakhar was amongst these leaders, who’s now speaking about Hindutva,” he said, adding that the Congress is a secular party and had appointed Jakhar to all important positions except the CM’s.

“He lost the assembly elections (in 2017) when 77 MLAs of the Congress were elected. Despite his failure, he was appointed the state party president and was also fielded in the Gurdaspur byelection,” mentioned Warring, whereas alleging that Jakhar did nothing to strengthen the occasion.

Warring was elevated to the Punjab Congress president’s put up after Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned following the occasion’s route within the state elections. Jakhar, who had made approach for Sidhu final 12 months, left the occasion earlier this month after months of mounting variations.