Navjot Singh Sidhu’s elevation as Punjab Congress Committee chief a ‘foregone conclusion’
The Hindu
Navjot Singh Sidhu meets party leaders to ‘seek support and cooperation’
A day after former Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu met Congress president Sonia Gandhi amid an ongoing power tussle between him and Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, Mr. Sidhu on Saturday met party’s State president Sunil Jakhar, Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa and Balbir Singh Sidhu. He also met MLAs Raja Warring, Kulbir Zira, Darshan Brar and Barindermeet Singh Pahra among others. A senior party leader, who Mr. Sidhu met, told The Hindu that it was a foregone conclusion that Mr. Sidhu would be the next president of Punjab Congress Committee. “An official announcement is merely a formality now. Mr. Sidhu has been asked by the ‘high command’ to start working. Meeting party leaders to seek their support and cooperation is what Mr. Sidhu has started with,” he stated. All India Congress Committee (AICC) ) in charge of Punjab Harish Rawat was holding a meeting with the Chief Minister, who is reportedly annoyed with the proposal of Mr. Sidhu being elevated as party chief.
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