Navjot Singh Sidhu is very busy these days. He is not only grabbing headlines, but also cleverly laying the groundwork to consolidate his position in the Congress and emerge as a formidable opponent of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
Amid speculation that Sidhu is speculated to take over as the party’s state chief, the former cricketer spent the first half of Saturday mingling with senior state leaders while AICC general secretary and Punjab in-charge. Harish RawatBarely a few kilometers away, attempts were made to pacify an angry captain, who had warned of a split in the party if Sidhu was promoted on Friday.
Sidhu said after a meeting with Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee leaders, including Punjab Party chief Sunil Jakhar, that “interactions with intelligent people were worth months of education”.
In a tweet, Sidhu said, “Looking for guidance from eminent Presidents of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee… Interaction with wise, worthy of education!!” Sharing his photographs from the meeting with leaders including Punjab party chief Sunil Jakhar, Sidhu said in a tweet. .
Seeking the guidance of the presidents of the eminent Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee… Interaction with the wise, education for months !! 🙏🙏🏼🙏 pic.twitter.com/Tq5uqkbp6mNavjot Singh Sidhu (Hersheriontop) 17 July 2021
The leader left his residence in Patiala on Saturday and met Punjab party chief Sunil Jakhar in Panchkula, barely 11 km from Chandigarh, where state AICC in-charge Harish Rawat had landed earlier in the day. Pictures of the two leaders hugging each other surfaced on social media. Jakhar termed the meeting as a courtesy call. Describing this visit as a welcome sign, the unit president said that the party will have to show a united face in the 2022 assembly elections.
Sidhu has been at loggerheads with Amarinder Singh since he attacked him in 2015 over alleged delay in justice in sacrilege cases. Singh wrote a letter to Harish Rawat a day after he met Sonia GandhiWhile making a case against giving important post to Sidhu in Punjab Congress, he said that whatever the decision of the Congress President will be accepted by all.
Rawat had left for Chandigarh as tensions escalated in the Punjab unit of the Congress over differences between Amarinder and Sidhu. The chief minister was later quoted by his media advisor as saying that he had a fruitful meeting with Rawat.
“Had a fruitful meeting with @harishrawatcmuk. Reiterated that any decision of @INCIndia President will be acceptable to all. Raised some issues which he said he will take up with @INCIndia President, ‘@capt_amarinder,’ the official tweeted. Rawat had reached Chandigarh by chopper around 12 noon and went straight to the Chief Minister’s farm house in Mohali.
The visit is being seen as an attempt to pacify Amarinder Singh, who on Friday wrote a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi. He is understood to have said that giving the post of state party chief to Sidhu, a Jat Sikh, would upset senior party leaders representing the Hindu community and damage the party’s prospects in the 2022 assembly elections.
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