Navjot Sidhu wants Punjab Congress chief's chair, but Amarinder Singh isn't ready
Politics | June 22, 2021 15:39 ISTAmarinder Singh is ready to accomodate Sidhu as deputy CM, but the Amritsar East MLA is not agreeing to the offer, sources said.
Amarinder Singh is ready to accomodate Sidhu as deputy CM, but the Amritsar East MLA is not agreeing to the offer, sources said.
Amarinder Singh will on Tuesday meet a three-member AICC Committee in Delhi which was formed to end the ongoing factionalism in Punjab unit.
Sidhu had quit the Amarinder Singh cabinet in July 2019 after being divested of the local bodies portfolio and has been in the political wilderness since.
Sidhu is at loggerheads with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and both have publicly given statements against each other in the media, with Sidhu criticising the chief minister for not bringing the guilty to book in the Kotkapura sacrilege incident.
Sidhu has been at loggerheads with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and has publicly attacked him over an SIT report on the sacrilege issue in the state.
Sources revealed that most of the MLAs have voted in favour of Captain Amarinder leading the party in the next Assembly election scheduled to be held next year.
Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu have been engaged in a bitter war of words. Sidhu has publicly attacked the chief minister over an SIT report on the sacrilege issue in Punjab.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Friday appeared before the three-member panel headed by Mallikarjun Kharge to resolve differences with Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Friday appeared before the three-member panel headed by Mallikarjun Kharge to resolve differences with Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Missing' posters of Punjab MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu surfaced in Amristar on June 02. The poster floated with the reward of Rs 50,000 to the person who finds Sidhu.
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu won elections in 2017 from Amritsar East.
This open confrontation between two senior leaders of the Congress in Punjab has not gone down well with the central leaders in Delhi, especially with the Assembly elections due next year.
Sidhu resigned from Amarinder Singh's Cabinet in July 2019 after he was divested of the local bodies portfolio. He is in the political wilderness since then.
I came here to present people's voices from grass root level to High Command. My stand on democratic power remains the same. The power of the people must return to the people. I have clearly stated the truth: Navjot Singh Sidhu, Punjab MLA after meeting Congress leaders in Delhi
Following the first round of meeting on Monday between the three-membered panel, constituted by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to resolve differences among its leaders in Punjab Congress, and 25 MLAs, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu is expected to attend the meeting on Tuesday at 11
Sidhu has remained away from Punjab politics ever since he resigned from the state cabinet. Sidhu served as the local bodies minister and also held charge of the tourism ministry. He resigned in July 2019.
Congress said there is no factionalism in its Punjab unit but only diversity of views among the leaders.
During his meeting with Chief Ministers over resurgence of COVID-19 cases, PM Narendra Modi on March 17 said that the issue of vaccine wastage should be taken seriously and asked to review it immediately.
The Conress leadership is directly involved in brokering peace between the two leaders ever since Sidhu exited the Amarinder Singh government in July 2019.
Navjot Singh Sidhu is considering his return to the Punjab cabinet but is likely to be given a ministry other than he held earlier. Sidhu had been the local bodies minister and also held the charge of tourism ministry.
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