MANSA (Punjab): Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Amarinder Singh has said that "winnability" will be the only criteria for selecting party candidates for the upcoming assembly elections. He said the party had already begun the process of identifying the candidates, adding that several surveys were being conducted by independent agencies to asses the performance of the ticket aspirants.
When asked whether all sitting MLAs will be renominated, he said it would depend on the winnability and if some sitting candidates need to be replaced they would be replaced. Talking about the CBI appealing against the acquittal of Sajjan Kumar in the anti-Sikh riots case of 1984, Amarinder said it was a welcome move as justice must be done and guilty punished. He said the case must be thoroughly probed without any delay.
Asked what purpose will Congress MPs' and MLAs' mass resignations serve against the SYL verdict in case it goes against Punjab, he said Congress would go back to the people and seek their support so that it has adequate numbers in the Vidhan Sabha to bring in a law to save Punjab's water. "There are always legal, legislative and constitutional means to correct a wrong and we will do that only by bringing in a law the way we did in 2004 by passing the Termination of Agreements Act," he pointed out, while regretting that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal wasted all these options when he could easily avail these.
