Updated: July 18, 2021 at 7:19:21 am
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday reiterated that he would abide by any choice of Congress President Sonia Gandhi on the appointment of the state Congress president, thus paving the best way for the announcement of Navjot Singh Sidhu because the PPCC president.
But the disaster in Punjab Congress is much from over because the chief minister refused to satisfy Sidhu till he publicly apologized for posting “derogatory” tweets in opposition to him.
The Congress excessive command couldn’t announce Sidhu’s appointment resulting from robust opposition from the Chief Minister.
AICC normal secretary in-charge Harish Rawat flew to Chandigarh in a state authorities chopper and basically mentioned the difficulty with the chief minister and indicated that the CM was being taken into confidence and can be appointed along with his approval.
But Rawat was solely partially profitable as he couldn’t get the Chief Minister and Sidhu to pose for the “All is Well” image.
Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu met Punjab Congress President Sunil Jakhar at his residence in Panchkula, Haryana on Saturday. (PTI)
To be appointed because the PCC chief, Sidhu met former state Congress presidents, together with sitting Sunil Jakhar and Rajya Sabha MP Pratap Singh Bajwa, to hunt his steering. He additionally met a number of MLAs and leaders.
Sources mentioned the CM instructed Rawat that he was not pleased with the best way the excessive command has dealt with the difficulty of appointment of the PPCC chief. He is known to have instructed that the bulletins had been made forward of time and the tales “leaked”. It can be discovered that he had expressed his displeasure over the best way the Mallikarjun Kharge panel was constituted and what number of leaders had been inspired to make noise to weaken him.
Importantly, Rawat urged Amarinder to satisfy Sidhu however the chief minister refused, saying he would meet him solely after apologizing.
In May, in a number of tweets, Sidhu had focused the Chief Minister by saying a couple of phrases. On May 1, he shared a video clip from 2016, wherein Amarinder may be heard “promising to take action against Badal” within the 2015 Faridkot police firing incident if voted to energy. Sidhu mentioned, “Big vanity, small roast. Big resentment, no outcome.
On 9 May, Sidhu tweeted that there was “consensus” among the many legislators that “the Badal government is ruling instead of the Congress government,” and that “the government is governing not for the welfare of the people, but for continued control over the mafia raj”. strikes for.” Nine days later, he tweeted: “…everybody who tells the reality turns into your enemy. Thus, you threaten your celebration colleagues by displaying your concern and insecurities.
Rawat tried to behave bravely: “We are each outdated mates. I’m lucky that I’m the General Secretary accountable for a state which has Captain Sahib as its Chief Minister. We had an exquisite dialogue. He had some issues. He noticed one thing from my understanding. (He had some questions that are past my understanding) But one factor is obvious from the assertion given by Capt. Saheb earlier that he’ll abide by the choice of CP. He repeated that assertion even right this moment.”
Sources mentioned Rawat apprised the chief minister of the celebration’s choice to nominate Sidhu as state Congress president. The two additionally mentioned the appointment of working presidents. These working presidents will likely be of the CM’s selection.
Rawat later tweeted. He mentioned, ‘I’ve simply returned to Delhi after assembly Amarinder Singh ji. I’m glad that most of the issues being mentioned in public have turned out to be baseless and Capt Sahab has reiterated his necessary assertion…Thank you Captain in your fantastic assertion.
Sidhu, alternatively, spent the day in Chandigarh. He known as up Jakhar within the morning. Later he met a number of ministers together with Balbir Sidhu, Sukhjinder Randhawa and Gurpreet Kangar and Mandi Board Chairman Lal Singh. He is known to have instructed these leaders whether or not he might be named PPCC chief or not, however all he wanted was their help.
He was accompanied by a number of MLAs together with Darshan Brar, Amarinder Singh Raja Waring, Barindermeet Pahra and Kulbir Jeera. On Friday, he met Rajya Sabha MPs and former PPCC president Pratap Singh Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo in Delhi.
With the doable announcement of his appointment, Sidhu’s staff is gearing up for an enormous present of power. He is prone to go to the Golden Temple and Durgiana Temple in Amritsar. After this, he’ll take out a rally from Amritsar and go via two historic locations related to Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Hussainiwala and Khatkar Kalan. He additionally plans to cease at Bargari, the epicenter of sacrilege politics in Punjab and a flashpoint between him and the chief minister.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
