CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh is learnt to have made a last-ditch effort to stall cricketer-turnedpolitician Navjot Singh Sidhu’s possible elevation as the Punjab Congress chief by expressing his reservations in a letter to Sonia Gandhi. It came on a day when Sidhu met Sonia in Delhi. AICC in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Rawat will now come to meet Amarinder on Saturday in what is being seen as a bid to placate him.
Sources said Amarinder on Friday sent a letter to Sonia expressing his reservations about Sidhu’s elevation by ignoring the old guard and how it would harm the party in the upcoming Assembly elections in 2022. Expressing his annoyance, Captain is also believed to have written that many Congress leaders may resign and the move to appoint Sidhu as the PPCC chief could even lead to a split in the party.
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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