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New Delhi: Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu has urged the party leadership to give him freedom to take decisions, else he will give a befitting reply.
The Congress, however, maintained that the state heads are free to take their own decisions within the party’s norms and the Constitution.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in charge of party affairs in Punjab Harish Rawat said that if the state chief does not take a decision, who else will.
Sidhu had earlier said that the party high command should give him freedom to take decisions and he will ensure that the Congress remains in power in Punjab for the next 20 years. He said that he has prepared a roadmap in this regard.
Addressing a meeting in Amritsar, he said, “The party high command should give me freedom to take decisions, otherwise I will give a befitting reply.”
Asked about Sidhu’s remarks, Rawat told reporters here, “I will look into the context in which Navjot Singh Sidhu has made these remarks.” Shri Sidhu is the respected head of the Punjab unit. If not the state presidents, then who will have the power to take decisions.
Rawat, however, said the state president is free to take decisions within the party’s constitution and according to its position.
Sidhu’s advisor Malvinder Singh Mali resigned from the post following his controversial remarks on Kashmir.
Several MLAs and eight MPs attended a dinner held in Chandigarh on Thursday in support of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, amid turmoil in the Punjab Congress.
Sidhu and Singh have been face-to-face and have been making public statements against each other. Assembly elections are due in Punjab early next year.
Read also: Navjot Singh Sidhu’s advisor Malvinder Singh Mali resigns after controversial remarks on Kashmir
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