Punjab CM Amarinder Singh meets three-member Congress panel amid rift with Navjot Singh Sidhu

The assembly comes within the wake of Navjot Singh Sidhu brazenly criticising the Chief Minister over a variety of points together with his non-induction into the cupboard.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh at this time met a three-member AICC panel fashioned by the Congress high-command to resolve the dissent expressed by state occasion leaders. Based on studies, the committee has requested Captain Amarinder Singh to expedite the work to resolve grievances raised by dissident MLAs. The panel opined that you will need to preserve the MLAs glad and united earlier than the election. CM Singh has been holding talks with the occasion leaders who’ve expressed dissent towards him. The assembly comes within the wake of Navjot Singh Sidhu brazenly criticising the Chief Minister over a variety of points together with his non-induction into the cupboard. Sidhu yesterday mentioned that the political house in Punjab has been captured by two households, pointing in the direction of CM Amarinder Singh and the Badal household.

The remark didn’t go nicely with the Congress and the committee expressed its unhappiness over the remarks through the assembly with Singh. The committee can be believed to have mentioned that Rahul Gandhi can be of the view that Sidhu mustn’t have made such a public assertion. Sidhu has been saying that he’s not a showpiece for use solely through the polls.

The panel is headed by LoP Mallikarjun Kharge.

Whereas CM Singh didn’t work together with the media in Delhi, Kharge has mentioned that the Congress will combat the Punjab election collectively. He mentioned that the excessive command can be attempting to resolve all the problems and grievances.

However, Punjab Congress MLA Pargat Singh, who repeatedly made statements towards CM Amarinder Singh prior to now, at this time met Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi. “I repeated the problems that I raised earlier. These points should be resolved. In the event that they’re addressed by Captain Amarinder, I’ve no downside,” he mentioned after assembly Rahul Gandhi.

The politically charged conferences are an try by the Congress to unite the leaders forward of subsequent yr’s meeting election the place the occasion might be dealing with twin challenges – one from AAP and one other from SAD-BSP mixed.

Rahul Gandhi additionally met some Punjab leaders yesterday which included Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla and Fatehgarh Sahib MLA Kuljit Singh Nagra.