Navjot Singh Sidhu appointed Punjab Congress president
Ms. Gandhi is learnt to have individually spoken to MPs from Punjab on the issue of elevating Mr. Sidhu. A senior leader from Punjab confirmed it to The Hindu, and said the Congress chief seemed determined” on Mr. Sidhus elevation.While MPs including Lok Sabha members Manish Tewari Ravneet Bittu Jasbir Gill and Perneet Kaur wife of the Punjab Chief Minister met at Rajya Sabha member Partap Singh Bajwas house over lunch in Delhi a group of MLAs from Punjab issued a statement, urging the high command not to let down the Punjab Chief Minister.Officially the meeting was to formulate their position on the call given by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha to raise the farmers’ issue and not allow any other business in the House during the Monsoon Session unless the farm laws are repealed.Senior MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira sharing a statement on behalf of MLAs urged the high command not to let down the Chief Minister because of whose unrelenting efforts the party stands well entrenched in Punjab.There was no doubt that the appointment of PCC chief was the prerogative of the party high command but at the same time washing dirty linen in public has only decreased the party graph during the last couple of months said the MLAs in the joint statement.
