Amid escalated infighting in the Congress Punjab unit overa new PPCC chief, AICC general secretary in-charge of Punjab affairs HarishRawat has arrived in Chandigarh for a meeting with CM Capt Amarinder Singh onthe PPCC and Cabinet revamp.
The meeting is scheduled for 12pm and will take place at CaptAmarinder Singh's Siswan farmhouse.
This development came after Captain Amarinder Singh onFriday ahead of Sidhu’s meeting, sent his OSD Narinder Bhambri to meet SoniaGandhi with a ‘sealed letter’, expressing apprehension over the likelyappointment of Sidhu, arguing that it could have an adverse impact on party’spoll prospects.
Meanwhile, earlier, Harish Rawat had said it may takesome time but to balance the equation in the state, the party is working on theformula to appoint Sidhu in a prominent position, while asserting thatAmarinder Singh would be the CM face of the party for the upcoming elections.
While no official announcement has been made so far,sources say Navjot Singh Sidhu is likely to get the post of party's state headwith two working presidents in his team, and Amarinder Singh will lead theparty into the elections.
Sources say that today’s meeting of Rawat with CaptAmarinder is crucial as official announcement is soon going to be made. May be a meeting of Punjab CM and Capt Amarinder too take place and the crisis may come to an end.