Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday has refuted theclaims made by the cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Sidhu’s meeting with thebrother-sister duo in New Delhi on June 30.
Notably, Rahul Gandhi’s statement has come just a dayafter Sidhu’s team announced that he would meet the party leader along withPriyanka Gandhi Vadra to discuss the Punjab Congress infighting ahead ofAssembly Elections 2022.
Meanwhile, Sidhu has already left for Delhi from hisPatiala residence to meet the party leader.
Sidhu, who has been indulged in a war of words withPunjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh for months now wanted to meet theGandhi brother-sister to press for his demands.
In the past week, when Punjab CM went to New Delhi tomeet the high-powered panel for the second meeting, plans of his meet withRahul Gandhi also surfaced. However, the meeting could not take place betweenCapt the two despite the fact that the High Commission had made it clear thatCapt Amarinder Singh will lead the Congress in the upcoming state elections.
As of now, both Sidhu and Capt have met the AICC panel,constituted to resolve the internal conflict, for more than once however, no conclusionhas been drawn yet.
Earlier this month, media reports suggested that AICCpanel had called Sidhu again for a meeting perhaps the speculations were endedby Sidhu himself in an interview with the private channel stating he has ‘notreceived any invite.’
In the interview, he further added that he does not wantthe party to treat him as a ‘showpiece’ during the election campaign. He haseven asserted that the party won’t win the Assembly Elections 2022 under thepatronage of Capt Amarinder Singh.
Earlier, the AICC panel in a meeting with Punjab CM had reconciledto induct the former politician back, however; Sidhu’s latest interview hasstirred another controversy as he repeatedly targeted CM for sidelining him inthe party.
Enraged over the remarks, Capt in his last meeting withthe panel had made it clear “Notcomfortable as a CM to work with Sidhu as a State Unit President.”
It is to be noted here,Sidhu has always received the back of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in theparty affairs. Though no meeting is being held on June 30, it could bescheduled any time soon.