"People At Top Want Weak Chief Minister": Navjot Sidhu's Barb At Gandhis
NDTV
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Ahead of Rahul Gandhi's big announcement of the Congress's Chief Minister candidate ahead of the Punjab election, one of the contenders, Navjot Singh Sidhu, has sent out a biting message to his bosses. "People at the top" want a weak Chief Minister who can dance to their tunes, he said yesterday.
"If a new Punjab has to be made, it is in the hands of the Chief Minister. You have to choose the Chief Minister this time. People at the top want a weak Chief Minister who can dance to their tunes. Do you want such a Chief Minister?" Mr Sidhu told his supporters on Thursday.
His supporters cheered and shouted slogans at the comment.
Mr Sidhu, the Punjab Congress chief, has long coveted the Chief Minister's job and almost made it when the party sacked his rival Amarinder Singh in September. But Amarinder Singh's replacement, Charanjit Singh Channi, is seen to have edged past him in the race.
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