Punjab Congress crisis: Harish Rawat meet Captain Amrinder Singh today at Chandigarh and Navjot Singh Sidhu talk with Sunil jakhar jagran.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jagran.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: Amid continuing signals that Amritsar (East) MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu may be handed the charge of the Punjab Congress, an official suggestion to this effect on Thursday triggered a controversy, forcing a notional back pedalling by the party and laying bare the pressures and counter-pressures at play.
AICC in-charge of Punjab Harish Rawat was quoted in media as saying that Sidhu could be made the party president and a peace formula to ensure that the cricketer-turned-politician and chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh were on the same page had been worked out.
The remark turned up the political heat among Punjab leaders opposed to Sidhu who view him as a newcomer to the party. While some started contacting the Delhi leadership over what was coming, those close to the CM as well as the GenNext leaders antagonistic to Sidhu were agitated. Rawat’s announcement came as a surprise for the Amarinder camp and leaders considered close to him made calls to party lea
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In the middle of an ongoing exercise to resolve factional wars in the poll-bound Punjab, state Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday met party president Sonia Gandhi and said whatever she decided on the issue would be acceptable to him.
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