Navjot Singh Sidhu appointed Congress president of Punjab unit
The decision came days after the state Congress was thrown into a crisis following a rift between Sidhu and CM Amarinder Singh. Newly-elected Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. | AFP
The Congress on Sunday appointed former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief, amid the infighting within the state unit of the party.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi also named four working presidents – Sangat Singh Gilzian, Sukhwinder Singh Danny, Pawan Goel and Kuljit Singh Nagra – for the Punjab unit of the party.
“The party appreciates the contributions of outgoing PCC [Pradesh Congress Committee] President, Shri Sunil Jakhar,” the All India Congress Committee in a statement. It added that Nagra will no longer be the party chief of Sikkim, Nagaland and Tripura.
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