Navjot Sidhu For Punjab Congress Boss? Gandhis' Formula Sparks Debate

Sources say Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has yet to endorse the plan of giving the post of Punjab party chief to Navjot Singh Sidhu.

Sulking Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu may share the job of party chief in Punjab with another leader as part of a formula to defuse intense infighting that has endangered the party's campaign for state polls next year. A rejig of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's cabinet is also likely soon. But sources say Rahul Gandhi has yet to endorse the plan that has his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's approval. After Rahul Gandhi's perceived snub to Navjot Sidhu on Tuesday, it was Priyanka Gandhi's intervention that enabled a meeting between the two yesterday. "Navjot Sidhu's meeting with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi is a good sign, and this will help resolve the issue. I think there could be a resolution soon," Harish Rawat, Congress in-charge of Punjab, told ANI.