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BIG STORY                                                               OCTOBER 15, 2021  |       The Indian Eye                          6





                                  battlE for punjab




                                           Sidhu in







                    drivinG Seat?









              punjab congress chief navjot singh sidhu has taken back his resignation after

               meeting party leader rahul gandhi. can he unite the party? can he check the

                influence of capt. amarinder singh as the state goes to elections next year?




        S Gopal puri                                                                                                      Sidhu had tendered his res-

        New Delhi/Chandigarh                                                                                          ignation  as  Punjab  Congress
                                                                                                                      chief on September 28. He was
               he ongoing drama in                                                                                    reportedly upset over the bu-
               Punjab Congress took                                                                                   reaucratic  setup  and  his  com-
        Tanother turn on Friday                                                                                       mands not being followed after
        state party chief Navjot Singh                                                                                Cabinet expansion in Punjab.
        Sidhu after meeting party lead-                                                                               But his resignation was not ac-
        er Rahul Gandhi said that “ev-                                                                                cepted by the party.  According
        erything has been sorted out.”                                                                                to sources in the party, the high
        The meeting of the two leaders                                                                                command was not happy with
        came at a time when Sidhu’s                                                                                   the resignation of Sidhu and
        rebellious attitude towards                                                                                   no such meeting with central
        the recently appointed Punjab                                                                                 leadership happened after his
        Chief Minister Charanjit Singh                                                                                resignation.
        Channi is quite visible. Sidhu                                                                                    Sidhu, after his resignation,
        also met Congress in-charge of                                                                                had said he will always stand
        Punjab Harish Rawat and party          congress leader Navjot singh sidhu speaks to the media after meeting   by party leaders Rahul Gand-
        general secretary KC Venugo-            with party leaders K.c Venugopal and harish rawat, in New Delhi on    hi and Priyanka Gandhi. Sid-
        pal on Thursday.                                                 thursday (aNi)                               hu’s resignation as state party
                                                                                                                      chief  has  intensified  the  crisis
        “i shared all my concerns                                                                                     in  the Punjab Congress  as  a
                                                                                                                      minister and three Congress
        with rahul gandhi. Every-                                                                                     leaders, considered close to

        thing has been sorted out,”                                                                                   him, stepped down from their
                                                                                                                      posts. This came as a big blow
        said sidhu while speaking                                                                                     to the Congress that was hop-

        to reporters after meeting                                                                                    ing to resolve the turmoil in the
                                                                                                                      Congress unit of Punjab ahead
        rahul gandhi. the meeting                                                                                     of the Assembly elections early

        was also attended by aicc                                                                                     next year.
                                                                                                                          Charanjeet Singh Chan-
        in-charge of punjab harish                                                                                    ni took oath as the 16th Chief

        rawat.                                                                                                        Minister of Punjab on Septem-
                                                                                                                      ber 20, days after Captain Am-
                                                                                                                      arinder Singh stepped down
            “He (Sidhu) shared his con-       sidhu meeting the family of deceased farmer lovepreet singh in lakhim-  from the post of Punjab Chief
        cerns with Rahul Gandhi. We                                      pur Kheri (aNi)                              Minister following months of
        have told him that his concerns                                                                               infighting  between  him  and
        will be taken care of here. He  has withdrawn his resignation  as the PCC president,” Rawat                   Navjot Singh Sidhu.
        assured Rahul Gandhi that he  and he will resume his duties  told reporters here.                                Continued on next page... >>


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