Congress Panel firm to resolve party’s internal conflict in Punjab from Monday
Days after high-voltage drama inPunjab Congress Party, finally the High Command panel has decided to interfereto resolve the ongoing feud.
The Congress panel will commenceone-on-one meeting with the party leaders from Monday onwards and the first meeting is scheduled with state unit president Sunil Jakhar.
The panel led by the leader ofopposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarkum Kharge met the High Command at the AICC headquarterson Saturday morning and the meeting went for three hours. In the meeting it wasdecided that the panel will hold meetings with the PCC chief followed by MLAs,ministers, MPs, former presidents, and would conclude at the chief minister.
Harish Rawat, AICC generalsecretary in-charge of Punjab Congress said, “We will start meeting the MLAs soonafter our deliberations with the state unit chief. The panel plans to wind updiscussions with MLAs by the first week of June.”
When asked about cricketer turnedpolitician Navjot Sidhu’s category for the meeting, Rawat said, “Navjot SinghSidhu is an important leader of Punjab. He can come as an MLA or separately ashe wants. We will meet him separately also.”
It may be noted here that thesemeetings will be in-person (physical) meetings in Delhi and the virtualdeliberations have been kept aside for now.
Rawat has further said that theorder of these meetings will be arranged by Sunil Jakhar and he would decidewhom to send and when.
“We will start our deliberationsfrom Monday in Delhi. PCC president Sunil Jakhar will come to meet us on Mondayafter which we will meet the MLAs, followed by ministers, MPs, important stateleaders, past state chiefs. We will meet Ambika Soni, Pratap Singh Bajwa,Shamsher Singh Dullo, Ashwani Kumar among other senior leaders. Our aim is to concludethese deliberations in the minimum time possible,” Rawat added.
Later, the committee will submitits report to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for a final call. However, the panelfeels the major challenge is to accommodate Sidhu among other prominent leaderstogether.