Days after resigning as Punjab Congress President afterbeing upset over some new faces in the state Cabinet and controversial appointmentsof DGP and AG, Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday once again made his stance clearover his resignation and said that the AG / DGP appointments rub salt on woundsof victims.
He reiterated his demand to replace AG Amar Preet SinghDeol and DGP Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota, while giving credence to the rumoursthat he is still unwilling to withdraw his resignation.
In a tweet, Sidhu said, “Demand for Justice in Sacrilegecases and for arrest of main culprits behind the drug trade brought our Govt in2017 & Due to his failure, People removed the last CM. Now, AG / DGappointments rub salt on wounds of victims, they must be replaced or we willhave No face!!”.
A day earlier on Gandhi Jayanti, Navjot Sidhu tweetedthat he will make Punjab win despite efforts by all "negative forces" to defeat him.
He said whether he holds any post in the Congress or not,he will always stand by party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi.
"Post or No Post will stand by Rahul Gandhi andPriyanka Gandhi! Let all negative forces try to defeat me, but with every ounceof positive energy will make Punjab win, Punjabiyat (Universal Brotherhood) win& every Punjabi win!!", he tweeted.
Reportedly, Sidhu wants three officials- minister RanaGurjit Singh, Advocate General APS Deol and Punjab DGP Iqbal Preet SinghSahota- out of Chief Minister Charanjit Channi’s government.
Sidhu has accused Sahota of giving a clean chit to theBadals and Baba Ram Rahim of Dera Sacha Sauda in the sacrilege charges when hewas in charge of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Badal-led-SADgovernment in 2015.
His objection to APS Deol as Attorney General is that hehas represented former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini and secured bail for him inseveral cases. Meanwhile, cabinet minister Rana Gurjit Singh was allegedlyinvolved in a mining scandal. Thus, Sidhu and his aides want him sacked andwant to include a clean Dalit face given the upcoming polls.