Withthe announcement of Navjot Singh Sidhu as the state president by the Congresshigh command, the appearance of the Punjab Congress headquarters in Chandigarhhas also started changing. There used to be a poster of Punjab CM CaptainAmarinder Singh here, but Sidhu supporters have changed it overnight and put upa poster of Navjot Singh Sidhu here.
Notably,Navjot Singh Sidhu has been constantly attacking CM Captain Amarinder Singh.For a long time, there was talk of making Navjot Singh Sidhu the statepresident, but under the pressure of Captain Amarinder Singh, the high commandwas not able to take any decision.
Even the old Congressmen were not in favorof giving the post of state president to Sidhu, but the Congress high command,regardless of this, handed over the command of the party's state president toNavjot Singh Sidhu last night. However, four executive heads have also beenappointed to tighten the noose on Sidhu.
Evenwhen Sidhu left the BJP and joined the Congress, Captain he was not in favor ofbringing Sidhu into the party. The first year was fine between Sidhu andCaptain.
The captain gave Sidhu a place in his cabinet and made him the localbody minister. Shortly afterwards, the captain reshuffled his cabinet. Sidhu wasgiven the power department instead of the local body, but Sidhu did not agreeto it and resigned from the cabinet.
Sidhuremained silent for a long time after the captain resigned from the cabinet.But in the meantime earlier this year he suddenly became active. Throughinternet media, Sidhu started targeting Captain Amarinder Singh. After this,the anti-captain faction started intensifying its rhetoric.
The Congress highcommand had to hold meetings to quell the growing discontent in the party. YetSidhu remained aggressive on the captain. Now the high command has handed overthe command of the state president to Sidhu. It will be interesting to see whatchemistry Sidhu-Captain has in the election year.
(By Dinesh Sharma)