Capt Amarinder condemns complaint against Sonia Gandhi in US

Chandigarh, September 4, 2013: Former Chief Minister and Permanent Invitee to the Congress Working Committee Capt Amarinder Singh today strongly condemned the complaint against the Congress President Sonia Gandhi in a US court and issuance of the summons to her.

In a strongly worded statement Capt Amarinder said, the complaint against Ms Gandhi has been lodged with clear malafide intentions for seeking cheat publicity. He pointed out, otherwise it defies logic to complain against someone who was nowhere near the government at the time the riots took place nor has she any authority to punish those accused or guilty.

The former Chief Minister said, what happened in Delhi and other parts of the country in the aftermath of the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is highly condemnable. “But accusing Gandhi or involving her in any way with those incidents is disgusting and equally condemnable”, he said, while adding, those who were resorting to such cheap tactics were doing no service to those whose rights they were claiming to safeguard.

Capt Amarinder pointed out, India had proper legal system and all those accused are being tried in the courts of law. “Gandhi does not control the courts and nor was she anywhere holding any position of power and influence”, he asserted while saying that those responsible for lodging the frivolous complaint should better understand as what they are scoring by these acts.