CHANDIGARH: Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said that he accepted the verdict of the people with all humility as democracy triumphed.
He also congratulated the Aam Aadmi Party and its Chief Ministerial candidate Bhagwant Singh Man for an emphatic victory in the elections.
Capt Amarinder said, while winning and losing is the natural outcome of elections, at the end it was a victory of democracy in Punjab.
He congratulated Punjabis for rising above caste, sectarian and communal considerations and voting above any divisive lines. The Punjabis have shown the true spirit of Punjabiyat and shown the way to the country, he remarked.
The former Chief Minister said, people of Punjab had also rejected the communal and divisive politics of the Congress party in Punjab by first rejecting one leader as Chief Minister for being a Hindu and then trying to play the caste factor.
Expressing his heartiest congratulations to Bhagwant Mann and wishing him good luck to lead the state, Capt Amarinder said, the focus of the new government should be to protect Punjab’s future.