I’m shocked by what is in store for loyalty,says Arjun

Upset over denial of tickets to his children,Congress veteran Arjun Singh on Monday hit out at his party by saying that he was “shocked” at the treatment being meted out for his “loyalty”. “Honour and humiliation have ceased to be concepts in Congress party,” Singh said when asked whether he was being humiliated by the party.

Singh had said he cannot say he was not unhappy over the denial of party tickets for the Lok Sabha polls to his daughter Veena Singh from Sidhi and son Ajeya Singh from Satna. When asked whether he felt slighted by Congress,the Union minister said he did not feel slighted but shocked. “I am shocked by what is in store for loyalty,” he said.

In response Congress today dismissed senior leader Arjun Singh’s charge that the party had not accorded proper treatment to him for his loyalty,saying working for the party is a “reward in itself”. “The philosophy of the party has its own rewards. I believe (that) working for the party and believing in its philosophy and principles has its own rewards,” Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan told reporters. Working for the party “is a reward in itself”,she said.