"Time To Be United": Congress Leader On Navjot Singh Sidhu's Promotion In Punjab

All Congress leaders will, hopefully, have a role to play in fighting an ideological battle, said Senior Congress leader Ashwani Kumar after Navjot Singh Sidhu was appointed as the new Punjab party president.

Senior Congress leader and former law minister Ashwani Kumar on Sunday urged party leaders in Punjab to gracefully accept decision of the Congress high command to appoint Navjot Singh Sidhu as the new state party president and stressed on maintaining unity while fighting the upcoming assembly polls. The former Rajya Sabha member from Punjab said the Congress leadership's decision should now be accepted by all in the interest of party unity. "This is a time to be united. There are no victors or losers. Reconciliation is the way forward. All Congress persons will, hopefully, have a role to play in fighting an ideological battle," he said in a statement. His remarks come amid factionalism in the Punjab unit and a series of meetings by various factions ahead of the party's revamp.