Punjab Congress internal fight is intensifying with eachpassing day as cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu is sharpening hisvoice against CM Capt Amarinder Singh.
However, both the leaders are supposed to meet the AICCpanel led by Malika Arjun Kharge on June 22 to deliberate on the infightingissues ahead of Punjab Assembly Elections 2022.
As per the reports, CM Capt Amarinder Singh has alreadyreached Delhi on Monday at 12 noon but, what about Navjot Sidhu? According toSidhu’s latest interview with an eminent news channel, Navjot has refuted theclaims of joining the high-powered meeting on June 22.
He said that has not received any sort of invitation fromthe High Command’s panel to join the meeting to resolve the party’s internalconflict.
Sidhu further added that he had read the news floatingeverywhere that his meeting was scheduled with the AICC panel on June 20.However, all such news is false, he added.
“I am not attending the meeting called by thehigh-powered panel on June 22,” Sidhu asserted.
Rejecting the formulas framed by the panel to accommodateSidhu in the party he said, "I reject the offer to become Punjab’s Deputy CMface."
Reacting on joining the party, Sidhu said he is ready tojoin the party but on a condition for his in-house adversary.
“I am always ready to work with him but if issues areresolved,” Navjot Sidhu stated intensifying his battle against Punjab CM.
When asked if Capt Amarinder Singh is slamming the doorsin his face, he lashed out at him and said, “Who is he to shut doors to NavjotSingh Sidhu?”
“He lost three elections, he lost his deposit, and laterMadam Sonia Gandhi made him the party president. He threatened to split theparty,” Sidhu said.
Sidhu in an exclusive interview also cleared that he willnot be lured to any post. “Prove that I have asked for any post in the last 17 years,”he said.
"I am a true soldier of the party. He has beensummoned twice to Delhi."
Being blunt at the Congress, Sidhu said, he does not wantthe High Command to treat as a “showpiece” during elections.
“With a few months left to the elections, first I get aninvitation to tea, then lunch. Then Sidhu will be decorated like a showpiece inthe Congress campaign,” he added.
He further added that why Capt Amarinder Singh govt isfulfilling promises made to contest 2017 elections when the other termelections are round the corner.
The government should have worked in a fair and calibratedmanner to address the significant issues in the state to establish its imageand to repose the public’s faith in the party.