JALANDHAR: Former Hockey captain and Navjot Singh Sidhu's partner, Pargat Singh said their Awaaz-e-Punjab front is in talks with Congress and AAP, but the negotiations are only with the national leadership and not the state units. "Our front will be the clincher to tilt the scales in these elections. Whichever party we go with will win. Both the parties are engaging with us, though we are not even a political party yet. We have authorised Sidhu to take the final decision in the interest of Punjab," Singh said.
Sidhu, along with Singh and the Bains brothers, floated a new front after his fall off with the Bharatiya Janta Party. "We want to contest seats in upcoming polls. We may be only four people but a system has been created under the front where many people are there to contest seats. If nothing materialises, we will form a party and contest on our own symbol," Singh said. Both, Congress and the AAP want to merge with 'Awaaz', but they only want an alliance with sharing of 15-20 out of the 117 seats to contest, as per sources.
Singh said, "Everyday two statements come from Congress criticising us and two praising us. Nothing is final right now. AAP will do something if it sees a benefit."
