My first mission as the PPCC president is to use every resource in the state to protect the interests of farmers. Navjot Singh Sidhu
After months of deadlock, Captain and Sidhu were seen together on the stage, indicating efforts by the party high command to put up a show of unity. Even as both leaders announced they would work as a team in the run-up to the Assembly elections, their body language on the stage and at the tea party at Punjab Bhawan preceding the installation ceremony showed some discomfort. Sidhu and the four PPCC working presidents Sangat Singh Gilzian, Sukhwinder Singh Danny, Kuljit Singh Nagra and Pawan Goel assumed charge at the Punjab Congress Bhawan amid deafening sloganeering. The party headquarters was jam-packed. Roads leading to the party headquarters were lined with vehicles.
Updated Jul 23, 2021 | 13:38 IST
Sidhu and Amarinder have been at loggerheads for a while, with the Amritsar (East) MLA even attacking the Chief Minister over the desecration cases. Newly-appointed Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu with Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh at Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh on Friday. | Photo Credit: Twitter
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Kuljit Singh Nagra and Sangat Singh Gilzian, two of the four newly-appointed working presidents of Punjab Congress, had on Thursday sent a formal invitation to the CM at his Siswan farmhouse in Mohali
Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat is also expected at the event
Chandigarh: Punjab MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday took charge as the new state Congress president following a bitter stalemate with Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh that lasted for nearly two years.
Navjot Singh Sidhu takes charge as Punjab Congress chief
Senior Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday took charge as the chief of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee in the presence of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh at the Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh. Earlier today, Sidhu met Singh ahead over the latter s tea party. The two leaders sat next to each other and the meeting between them was cordial.
According to news agency ANI, Amarinder arrived at Punjab Bhawan shortly after the newly appointed Congress chief arrived there. Sidhu left from the Bhawan 10 minutes after the arrival of the CM and later rejoined the gathering there.Â
Punjab Congress: Has Amarinder Singh Accepted Navjot Sidhu As The Captain?
CM Amarinder Singh accepts Navjot Singh Sidhu’s invite to attend the installation ceremony of top PCC office bearers triggering speculations of a truce but can the bitter rivals work together in poll-bound Punjab
Puneet Nicholas Yadav 23 July 2021, Last Updated at 9:11 am
Navjot Singh has invited all Punjab Congress MPs, MLAs, and senior leaders for tea at 10 AM today at the Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh from where he will accompany all his colleagues to the Congress Bhawan for the installation of the new Punjab Congress team. Puneet Nicholas Yadav
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