By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: On a day Rahul Gandhi launched the Congress campaign in Punjab, five party MPs were conspicuous by their absence at the Golden Temple event, with one saying they were not invited to the event.
Congress MPs Ravneet Bittu, Mohd Sadiq, Preneet Kaur, Manish Tewari and Jasbir Singh Dimpa were not present at the event leading to speculation that they are being upset over ticket distribution and other issues.
Dimpa is upset as he was denied ticket from Khadoor Sahib. His close aide also joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) after being denied ticket. Dimpa said that there was no invitation for MPs to attend the event and he thought that it was for the 117 candidates.
“I thought they wanted to invite only 117 Assembly candidates. I did not get any invite from the CM, AICC in-charge or the PCC,” he added. Kaur, wife of Amarinder Singh, has been keeping away from the party ever since her husband parted ways with the party. Tewari, who has been attacking Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, was reportedly travelling to his constituency and could not attend the event. Sadiq said he was not able to go to Golden Temple as his sister-in-law had passed away.
