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opposition, he can also play an important on Captain Amarinder Singh’s government
role in the ticket selection committee. in Punjab on the power issue in the state,
but Tewari has backed Captain.
Tewari said that since 1966, when Pun-
while sidhu wants the post of par- jab came into existence as a state and till
ty state president, the Captain says 2017, no party has got 77 assembly seats
that both the chief minister and the out of 117 strengths of Punjab Legislative
Assembly. And the Congress has won 3 As-
state president cannot be sikh fac- sembly by-polls, 8 Lok Sabha seats out of 13
es. This can damage the reputation seats in Punjab, he pointed out.
“Congress has also secured victory in
of the party. more than 90 per cent of the local bodies.
If you ask any MP whom they had called
In a new development, former Union for their campaign, they would say that the
Minister and Congress MP Manish Tewari Captain. The Punjab government is doing
took on Congress MP Navjot Singh Sid- well but only a few people have their own
hu on Thursday amid the ongoing Punjab agenda,” added Tewari.
Congress crisis and repeated barbs against The reaction of the Congress MP came
the state government on Twitter by Sidhu. amid the internal fighting in the state unit.
Tewari said, “there is no problem in the Punjab Chief Minister had met Congress
state, there are some issues due to the step- interim President Sonia Gandhi in Delhi
motherly treatment of the Central Govern- and had assured he would follow the deci-
ment. However, if someone wants to take Punjab Congress leader sion that she would take.
on his personal agenda through Twitter or Navjot Singh Sidhu meets AICC general secre- According to sources, the Punjab Con-
any other medium then the leaders at the tary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at her residence, in gress crisis would end soon but what would
AICC should take it seriously”. Navjot New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI) be the role of Navjot Singh Sidhu is still a
Singh Sidhu has been continuously taking suspense.
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