A day after former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi junked thereports of his scheduled meeting with Navjot Sidhu, they both held the meetingin New Delhi today.
Cricketer-turned-politician who is engulfed in a longstandingfeud with the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh wanted to meetRahul to press for his demands. For the meeting, Sidhu went to Rahul’s residencein Delhi after meeting Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
The meeting between Priyanka and Sidhu lasted for over 3hours in which issues related to Punjab Congress were discussed extensively.
Notably, NavjotSidhu’s secret meeting with Priyanka has triggered a lot of speculations and italso signifies there are differences in the Gandhi family as on one side Rahul voicedfor ‘no meeting’ and on the other hand, Priyanka met him.
Sidhu, who has always received the backing of Gandhi brother-sister in the party affairs wants the ongoing feud toconclude ahead of state Assembly Elections 2022.
Pertinently, the57-year-old has already cleared that he does not want the party to treat him asa showpiece during the election campaign. Moreover, the Congress High Commandhas announced that the upcoming elections will be contested under the leadershipof Capt Amarinder Singh but, Sidhu remains disgruntled.
Now, it will be evident towitness how Navjot Sidhu has moulded both Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi after airinghis lost list of grievances against Punjab CM, what decision will be taken byGandhi brother-sister for a breakthrough amid much-intensified conflict.