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Sidhu to meet Sonia Gandhi at her residence amid growing row in party

  •   Fri, Jul 16 2021 01:43:54 PM

New Delhi, Jul 16 (IANS): With hints of Congress' 'defiant' former Cabinet Minister Navjot Sidhu as the party unit chief months ahead of the Assembly polls in Punjab sparked a row, he reached Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi's residence here on Friday to meet her.

The meeting is expected to take place in the presence of state affairs in charge Harish Rawat.

Sidhu, who met some Cabinet ministers and legislators at the residence of Punjab Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa in Chandigarh on Thursday, left for Delhi in the morning for the meeting.

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is learnt to be resistant to the Congress leadership's plan to appoint Sidhu as state Congress chief, replacing Sunil Jakhar.

Denying reports of his resignation with the speculations of Sidhu's appointment, the Chief Minister's media advisor Raveen Thukral on Thursday said the former would lead the Congress to victory in the Assembly elections scheduled early next year.

"Media reports of CM @capt_amarinder resigning are humbug," Thukral informed in a tweet.

"He has neither quit nor offered to do so. He'll lead @INCPunjab to victory in 2022 Assembly polls as he did in 2017. Urge media to stop speculating & spreading misinformation," he added.

The speculation of the Chief Minister's resignation came in the wake of Rawat's statement that it may take some time, but to balance the equation in the state, the party is working on a formula to appoint Sidhu in a prominent position, while asserting that Amarinder Singh has already said that he will abide by the party high command's decision.

Later, Rawat met Sonia Gandhi and said there was no official announcement on the state President.

Meanwhile, Congress MP Manish Tewari on Friday batted for a non-Sikh state president.

In an early morning tweet on Friday, Tiwari, who is known for his proximity with the Chief Minister and believed to be the frontrunner for the post, said, "Demographics of Punjab -- Sikhs: 57.75%, Hindus: 38.49%, Dalits: 31:94% (Sikh & Hindus), Punjab is both progressive & Secular..."

"...But balancing social interest groups is key to equality," he said, and also added a graph showing the religious composition in Punjab.

 
  

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  • hakeem, mangalore

    Fri, Jul 16 2021

    by commenting irrelevant inconsistent inappropriate inadequate & incomplete, you are really the asthana vidooshaka of daijiworld readers forum. everyone need not have same ideology or thought process. we may not like a person or illustration or a n idea or report. we can criticize or oppose it. instead of reacting to something in a meaningful way, you just bombard same crazy words or silly issues irrelevant to the topic. many of my friends who are daiji readers wanted to see you once after reading your daily comments on everything anything anyone everyone every time everywhere anywhere ....but not related to the topic. honestly, you need to grow up your thinking process.

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  • A.M , Belma, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 16 2021

    I agree with you. A typical gutless 'you know who' . These people only instigate, but when action comes, they are inside the houses. We realized it during the CAA protests. My relatives are still visiting courts and lawyers. Come on!

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Nallasopara

    Fri, Jul 16 2021

    Congress will rout BJP in Punjab ...

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  • N. D. Shetty, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 16 2021

    Jossey,, the party is fighting for survival and you are talking about elections. Punjab is not Ulalla or Wayanad. Note its Arminder Congress not Vandra Congress in Punjab. If Arminder quits, Congress sinks. Other parties are watching this 'self goal' but the Pappu brigade.

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  • vikram Rao, Udupi

    Fri, Jul 16 2021

    Sonia might join TMC very soon

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