Ego clashes with state Congress colleagues and his desire to run the show in a personal manner with his own representatives and favorite bureaucrats caused discontent in the unit.
His nine months as state Congress president were wasted in the ouster of Captain Amarinder Singh as chief minister and then playing a one-off game of humiliation with Charanjit Singh Channi instead, then himself as Mr. Fixit. introduced, while continuing to deny it in front of the media. ,
The 2022 assembly elections narrowed the Congress to 18 seats in the 117-member house from 77 in 2017. The only consolation came second only to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
lose loved ones Amritsar For political novice Jeevan Jyot Kaur, the eastern seat reduced Sidhu’s celebrity value in the eyes of the high command. Launched in 2004 when the BJP ran him for the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat after completing a commentary assignment in Pakistan, Sidhu’s political career entered another rocky phase.
For the humiliating defeat, Khadur Sahib Congress MP Jasbir Singh Gill blamed “arrogance and arrogance of the party leaders”, while former cabinet minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa blamed Sidhu for the “inconsistency and indiscipline” for which Dera Baba Nanak was also an MLA. And former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa had indicated.
Political analyst Manohar Lal Sharma, who has been an advisor to former CM Harcharan Singh Brar, said: “With no bright future in politics, Sidhu may go back to show business or cricket commentary. The Congress might not want to accommodate him in a crucial Whereas other parties are also not in a position to adopt them at this point of time.”
Claiming that the Congress and the SAD-BSP jointly failed to understand the pulse of their workers, Sharma said: “It is not correct to say that the Congress lost because of Sidhu. It lost Punjab because its workers supported the party. was ruined, and they were disillusioned because some leaders had brought in their relatives or children as successors.”