As the tension between Navjot Singh Sidhu and Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi continues, the Punjab Congress chief will meet AICC general secretary KC Venugopal and state party in-charge Harish Rawat on Thursday.
Rawat informed about the meeting citing discussion on organizational matters related to the state unit on social media. “Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu, President Punjab Congress will call on me and Mr. Venugopal ji to discuss some organizational matters related to Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee on October 14 at 6 pm at Venugopal ji’s office,” Rawat tweeted. Interestingly, Rawat’s announcement comes a day after Minister Razia Sultan, a staunch loyalist of Sidhu, who tendered his resignation in support, decided to attend the cabinet meeting on Monday.
The meeting is also taking place at a time when the suspense over the status of resignation submitted by Sidhu to party president Sonia Gandhi about a fortnight ago continues. The resignation has neither been accepted by the party nor has Sidhu withdrawn it. The differences between the two started when Sidhu was reportedly unhappy with the appointments of Attorney General and Director General of Police. Sidhu had also expressed displeasure over the inclusion of Rana Gurjit Singh in the cabinet.
Not only was Sidhu’s demand rejected, and Channi allowed to have his say in cabinet and other appointments, the AICC made a backdoor effort to pacify Sidhu, who was taken over as PPCC chief in late July. was appointed in. A senior party leader and a former minister in the Amarinder cabinet said, “Whatever Sidhu has asked for, the party has given him, he should now work for the benefit of the party and ensure Congress’ victory in the upcoming Punjab elections.” needed.” He said that he should stop targeting his own government and work towards increasing the party’s base in the state.
Sidhu has of late clarified his differences with the CM, skipping the wedding ceremony of the CM’s son and absent during the Congress party’s ‘maun vrat’ in Amritsar, though reasons cited It was that he was making a sudden visit to the Vaishno Devi temple and then bad weather prevented him from reaching Amritsar for the party’s protest rally. Even in the Punjab Congress-led protest march towards Lakhimpur Kheri, Sidhu wanted the last word.
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