Outrageous,Amrinder rejects Rawat's claim

Reacting to Harish Rawat's statement against Amarinder Singh, the Captain said the only pressure that he has been under is the pressure of his loyalty to the party for which he has put up with the humiliation all these days.In a statement, Amarinder Singh termed Rawat's claims and allegations were "outrageous". He said,  Rawat's remarks were "were clearly prompted by the pathetic situation the party now found itself in the state after being on a winning spree for four-and-a-half years. "The world saw the humiliation and the insult heaped on me, and yet Rawat is making claims to the contrary," Amarinder Singh said. "If this was not humiliation, then what was it?"

"We spoke just a day before the CLP (Congress Legislature Party) meeting was called. Mr Rawat told me then there was nothing in the works and even claimed he had not seen any letter sent by 43 MLAs. I am shocked at the blatant way in which he is now lying about this," the former Chief Minister said, referring to a meeting of Congress MLAs before he was asked to resign.Countering Harish Rawat's claim that the Congress never humiliated Amarinder Singh, the Captain said why Navjot Sidhu was given the free hand to criticise the Congress government in the state. “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 4 and a half years I was in the saddle?” Amarinder Singh  ask. In his statement, Amarinder Singh recalled that Rawat himself had publicly said after meeting him that he was satisfied by the Punjab government's track record on the 2017 poll promise