Former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today had a dig at BJP candidate Arun Jaitely’s childish fascination for children’s literature that too at the time of elections. “It is difficult to make out what actually haunts Jaitely, the national issues as he loves to claim he is fond of raising and discussing or the character from a children’s book”, he remarked.Referring to Jaitley comparing him with the Humpty Dumpty character in Lewis Carroll’s children’s classic series Alice in Wonderland, Capt Amarinder remarked, looking at his interests and inclination he had stopped taking offence for whatever he says or comments about him. “I really feel sad for the man as he is helplessly ending up as a guinea pig of Bikram Majithia”, he remarked about Jaitely.
“I am pleasantly amused at Jaitely’s choice of books he is reading during the election time or the ideas and thoughts that have been haunting him at this stage”, he remarked, while adding, “no wonder he takes childish offence for anything and everything that is said about him no matter what he speaks about others”.Capt Amarinder remarked, no doubt Lewis Carroll’s series makes a wonderful reading but sounds out of place at this time, amidst the din and sound of elections. “We used to read and enjoy these stories way back when we were children and studying in school”, he said, while remarking, “may be Jaitley took some extra time to read and understand these classics and has been so much amused that he has now even started giving examples from the series so liberally”.