Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh SidhuPhoto : ANIChandigarh: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday said the people of the state voted for a change and congratulated the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the resounding mandate it received in the Assembly elections.He also took a veiled attack at the previous Congress regime in the state saying “you reap what you sow”.Reflecting on the results of the Punjab Assembly elections 2022, Sidhu said, “You reap what you sow. This election was for a change. People took a great decision. The public is never wrong.”When asked whether projecting Charanjit Singh Channi as the CM face proved to be counterproductive for Congress, he said, “I am not going into a deep thought of whether people accepted Channi’s face as CM’s candidate or not.”Hitting out at his detractors, the Punjab Congress chief said, “People who dug holes for Sidhu got buried in holes 10 ft deeper. Let bygones be bygones. People have voted for AAP for a change, I congratulate them.”
#WATCH “People who dug holes for Sidhu got buried in holes 10ft deeper. Let bygones be bygones… People have voted… t.co/QWaDn48Ztv— ANI (@ANI) Mar 11, 2022″New seeds have to be sown… not ‘chinta’ but ‘chintan’ should be done,” he added.The Congress was routed in the polls with AAP taking 92 seats in the 117-member assembly, leaving it with only 18 seats. The AAP sweep decimated the SAD-BSP combine as well. While the Shiromani Akali Dal got three seats, the BJP got two and the BSP just one.Several stalwarts, including Channi, Parkash Singh Badal, Amarinder Singh and even Sidhu himself, were defeated. in the elections by a high-flying AAP.Related NewsPunjab Assembly Election: Day after Modi congratulated AAP on its victory in Punjab, this is how Arvind Kejriwal responded