The Congress high command is continuing with its efforts to defuse the tension between Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, the election strategist. Prashant Kishor met Rahul Gandhi at his residence in Delhi on Tuesday. sources told CNN-News18 A possible resolution to the crisis is expected in the next 24 to 48 hours.
Sidhu and Amarinder have been face-to-face with each other for some time now. Ahead of the state assembly elections last year, the central party leadership had also constituted a panel to resolve the crisis. Sidhu on Tuesday The tweet left many in the party Some interpreted it as an ‘ally’ with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
As speculations abound on what will happen next, here is a brief timeline of how and when the relationship between Sidhu and Singh turned sour:
2021
Both Singh and Sidhu met over tea for about 50 minutes in Mohali on March 18, following which speculations were rife that Sidhu would be re-inducted into the state cabinet. “It was a good meeting. We have cordial relations and I look forward to his reply. I am sure he will decide what will be in favor of the party and the state,” he said, adding that he had known Sidhu for decades. and he will do what is good for the party and the state.
However, later in May, Sidhu attacked Singh once again over the 2015 Kotkapura firing, saying that the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order to set up a new SIT to probe the incident had “distracted the public’s attention”. “Had accepted to. Evil motives Clearly, no high court stopped you in 4-1/2 years! When DGP/CPS appointments are cancelled, orders are challenged in High Courts within hours. Now you first attack the High Court, accept the same orders from the back door to divert the attention of the people.”
Sidhu has been targeting the Chief Minister over the sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib and the alleged delay in getting justice after the police firing incident.
2020
The two leaders met over lunch on November 25, prompting speculation that Sidhu may be re-inducted into the state cabinet. A media advisor to the chief minister had then said that the two leaders spent an hour together at Singh’s residence in Punjab and shared views on various issues.
At the time, it was thought that the tension between the two leaders had eased when the chief minister praised the Amritsar MLA in the assembly after the Congress government moved a resolution and brought a bill against agricultural laws last month. .
2019
Sidhu’s portfolio was changed this year from a local body to the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy. However, he did not take charge of his new department. Singh had cited the “inept” handling of the local bodies department by Sidhu, which led to the Congress’s poor performance in urban areas, as the reason for withdrawing the role. Even the state unit did not give an election ticket to Sidhu’s wife Navjot Kaur.
The rift became even more apparent when reacting to Sidhu’s mannerisms, with Singh saying, “Maybe he is ambitious and wants to be the chief minister.”
In the same year, Sidhu resigned from the Punjab cabinet, but what raised eyebrows at the time was Sidhu’s move to send his resignation letter to Rahul Gandhi.
2018
According to reports, Singh was not in favor of Sidhu when he joined the Congress in 2017 just before the Punjab Assembly elections. This became a bit clear when Sidhu publicly said in November 2018, “My captain is Rahul Gandhi, who is also his (Amarinder’s) captain. Wherever I went, I went with his approval.”
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