The Congress appears to be in damage control mode after two of Punjab party unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu’s advisors Pyare Lal Garg and Malvinder Singh Mali made controversial remarks on sensitive issues like Kashmir and Pakistan.
Sensing trouble, Sidhu called both Garg and Mali at his Patiala residence on Monday to discuss their recent comments on Pakistan, Kashmir and the controversial sketch of late PM Indira Gandhi, which one of them posted on social media. Was.
Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari expressed dissatisfaction over the statements made by Sidhu’s aides and suggested that he should be sacked from the party.
“Do such people also have the right to live in the country, forget being in the party?” Tiwari said.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has seized the opportunity to launch a scathing criticism of the Congress. BJP leader Sambit Patra asked whether Rahul Gandhi had appointed Sidhu’s advisors?
Patra said, “His comments are appalling and paint India in a bad picture. It reflects the thought process of the party. Will Mr. Rahul Gandhi reply if he has appointed Sidhu’s advisors?
Earlier, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh had asked Sidhu to rein in his advisors.
In a statement, Singh warned against “such dastardly and ill-conceived remarks that were potentially dangerous to the peace and stability of the state and the country”.
The chief minister, who had been face-to-face with Sidhu in the past, hit out at the advisors of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief.
He urged him to continue advising Sidhu and not to speak on matters “of which he apparently had little or no knowledge and no understanding of the implications of his comments”.
In a recent social media post, Mali spoke on the issue of abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave a special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
He had reportedly said that if Kashmir was a part of India, then what was the need for Articles 370 and 35A.
Congress’s faces turned red after Navjot Sidhu’s advisors’ remarks about ‘Pakistan, Kashmir’; amarinder singh angry
amarinder singh angry Navjot Sidhu’s advisors’ ‘Pakistan, Kashmir’ remark
The Congress appears to be in damage control mode after two of Punjab party unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu’s advisors Pyare Lal Garg and Malvinder Singh Mali made controversial remarks on sensitive issues like Kashmir and Pakistan.
Sensing trouble, Sidhu called both Garg and Mali at his Patiala residence on Monday to discuss their recent comments on Pakistan, Kashmir and the controversial sketch of late PM Indira Gandhi, which one of them posted on social media. Was.
Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari expressed dissatisfaction over the statements made by Sidhu’s aides and suggested that he should be sacked from the party.
“Do such people also have the right to live in the country, forget being in the party?” Tiwari said.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has seized the opportunity to launch a scathing criticism of the Congress. BJP leader Sambit Patra asked whether Rahul Gandhi had appointed Sidhu’s advisors?
Patra said, “His comments are appalling and paint India in a bad picture. It reflects the thought process of the party. Will Mr. Rahul Gandhi reply if he has appointed Sidhu’s advisors?
Earlier, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh had asked Sidhu to rein in his advisors.
In a statement, Singh warned against “such dastardly and ill-conceived remarks that were potentially dangerous to the peace and stability of the state and the country”.
The chief minister, who had been face-to-face with Sidhu in the past, hit out at the advisors of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief.
He urged him to continue advising Sidhu and not to speak on matters “of which he apparently had little or no knowledge and no understanding of the implications of his comments”.
In a recent social media post, Mali spoke on the issue of abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave a special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
He had reportedly said that if Kashmir was a part of India, then what was the need for Articles 370 and 35A.
(with inputs from agencies)
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