Harsimrat-CM Amarinder Singh’s war of words continues, both drag in forefathers

The war of words between Capt Amarinder Singh and Harsimrat Kaur Badal continued to play out on Twitter for second day Sunday. The Union minister dragged Punjab chief minister's grandfather's name and the Congress leader dragging that of Union minister's great grandfather's to question each other's families' loyalty to the British and General Reginald Dyer, who had led the troops that killed hundreds of innocents in Jallianwala Bagh on April 13, 1919.

It all began with Harsimrat attacking Amarinder for skipping an event orgainised by Centre to mark 100 years of the massacre.

“You @capt_amarinder proved your care for martyrs by boycotting national function headed by the Vice President at Jallianwala Bagh yesterday. Sad you cheapened 100th anniversary by holding parallel function of PPCC. Martyr families will not forgive this insult,” she tweeted.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal too targeted the chief minister over the issue. “Shocked at @ capt_amarinder's refusal to join the country in paying tributes to Jallianwala Bagh martyrs. Was it not a matter of pride that the country was saluting sons & daughters of Punjab who were martyred so that we could live free lives?,” the SAD president tweeted.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Amarinder had on Saturday morning paid tributes at the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial in Amritsar during…