The former CM added that the state government took no decision when they asked them to resume the Chardham Yatra as the number of infections were declining. "Now when the devotees are not coming here, they are lifting restrictions," he lashed out at the government.
CM Charanjit Singh Channi was also present at the meeting, along with PPCC Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, present Punjab party in charge Harish Chaudhary, and Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh.
Amit Shah sought details about the precautionary steps being taken by the state government in view of the heavy rain alert. At the time of the Kedarnath floods, Congress removed the then CM of state Vijay Bahuguna, added Rawat.
The decision comes after Harish Rawat had urged the party high-command to relieve him as general secretary in-charge for Punjab affairs in view of the upcoming assembly elections in Uttarakhand.
The announcement by Captain of a possible alliance with the BJP in the upcoming Assembly elections had started a war of words between the senior leader and many other Congressmen.
Assembly polls in Punjab and Uttarakhand are scheduled to be held next year.
The Congress leaders are watching his moves ahead of the new party formation and sources say that all the Congress members have distanced themselves after he worked out a "patch up formula" with the BJP.
Rawat also claimed that Sidhu will consider the party high command's decision to be final.
Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday said, "I expressed my concerns regarding Punjab and Punjab Congress to party high-command. I've full faith in Congress president, Priyanka ji & Rahul ji. Whatever decision they'll take, it'll for the betterment of Congress and Punjab. I'll follow their directions."
Speaking to the media after the meeting, Navjot Singh Sidhu said that he fully trusts Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. He said whatever decision Rahul and Priyanka will take, would be acceptable to him.
Amid continued turmoil in the Punjab Congress, state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu will meet AICC general secretaries K C Venugopal and Harish Rawat at the party headquarters here on Thursday.
Rawat has blocked the attempts of several BJP MLAs to return to the Congress after the transport minister in the Pushkar Singh Dhami government and influential Dalit leader Yashpal Arya’s ‘ghar wapsi’ in the Congress.
Sidhu also skipped the wedding ceremony of the Chief Minister's son. He did not cite any reason for his absence.
Captain Amrinder Singh replied to Harish Rawat stating that nation has witnessed how he was humiliated in the party.
The ex-CM of Punjab recalled that Rawat himself had publicly stated after meeting him that he was satisfied by his government’s track record on the 2017 poll promises.
Amarinder Singh on Thursday said that he will leave the Congress which he asserted was going downhill with senior leaders being ignored. The politician said that he had been "utterly humiliated" and was not trusted.
Plunging the Congress into a fresh crisis months ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls, Navjot Singh Sidhu quit as the party's state unit chief on Tuesday, shortly after the allocation of portfolios among the members of the new state cabinet led by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.
Crisis seems to have once again mounted for Punjab Congress after Navjot Singh Sidhu quit his position of state Congress chief. Sources confirm that Harish Rawat might visit Chandigarh to have a word with Sidhu.
Charanjit Singh Channi was declared the new CM of Punjab and took oath for the same on Monday. Harish Rawat has now declared that the polls next year would be contested under the leadership of Sidhu.
Sunil Jakhar has described party's state in charge Harish Rawat's statement that the upcoming state Assembly elections will be fought under Navjot Singh Sidhu's leadership as baffling.
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