Fault lines widen within Punjab Congress
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Amarinder Singh, Navjot Singh Sidhu meet supporters individually.
The fault lines within the Punjab Congress had been uncovered on Thursday with Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and former Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu holding separate conferences with their supporters after stories emerged that Mr. Sidhu could possibly be the subsequent Punjab Congress chief.
The get together is but to formally announce its method to dealer peace between the Chief Minister and Mr. Sidhu, however the All India Congress Committee in-charge for Punjab, Harish Rawat, instructed a information channel {that a} method had been labored out round Mr. Sidhu as the brand new Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief, whereas Capt. Singh would proceed to be the Chief Minister and would lead the get together into elections. Appointing two working presidents — one from the Puucho group and one other from the Dalit group — can be presupposed to be a part of the truce.
But because the method surfaced within the public area, the Chief Minister met his supporters whilst his camp made it clear that Capt. Singh continued to oppose the thought of two Jat Sikhs (Mr. Sidhu and himself) main each the federal government and the get together.
The Chief Minister is alleged to have made this clear to the excessive command despite the fact that final week, after assembly Congress president Sonia Gandhi, he had stated he “would implement whatever decision she takes”.
Separately, Mr. Sidhu is learnt to have met the MLAs who’re backing him in his battle with the Chief Minister.
Rawat clarifies
Mr. Rawat referred to as on Ms. Gandhi on Thursday night. Though he stated the assembly was on Uttarakhand, he clarified his “earlier” assertion about Mr. Sidhu being the PCC chief.
“I never said so [on Mr. Sidhu as PCC chief]. To a specific question on this, I said the solution would be something around it,” Mr. Rawat instructed presspersons after assembly Ms. Gandhi.
Once the get together places a lid to its Punjab feud, it will give attention to the election-bound States of Gujarat and Uttarakhand.
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