Congress interim Chief Sonia Gandhi on Monday held ameeting with Punjab unit Parliamentarians after announcing Navjot Sidhu asstate unit Chief.
According to the sources, Sonia Gandhi is to said to haveasked the party leaders to ensure unity ahead of the 2022 Assembly Elections sothe party can attain a landslide victory in the polls. She has further redressedthe grievances of the leaders as Sidhu gets elevated to the top rank in thestate unit.
MP Manish Tewari, Pratap Singh Bajwa, Ravneet Bittu,Gurjeet Singh Aujla, and Amar Singh, among other leaders, spoke to the interimChief and have requested her to do not sideline the senior leaders from thestate.
The move of High Command to accommodate Sidhu asPPCC Chief was to end the party infighting however it seems like the wedge has furtherwidened.
Showing dissent towards the High Command’s decision, theLok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs of Punjab Congress had met at the residence ofPratap Singh Bajwa. Reports were also there that the former PPCC Chief, PunjabSpeaker Rana KP Singh and cabinet minister Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi had also organizeda meeting with CM Capt Amarinder Singh at his residence on Saturday evening.
In the past week, Punjab CM in a meeting with Congress generalsecretary and in charge state unit affairs, Harish Rawat has assured that hewill accept the decision taken by the High Command, however, slightly in his ownway.
Capt Amarinder Singh is said to have conveyed to the HighCommand that he will only meet Sidhu after the latter would apologize publicallyfor leveling derogatory remarks against him,
Notably, the simmering tension between the two leaderswas also visible on Monday as Capt Amarinder called all Congress MLAs and MPs fora luncheon, except for the newly appointed PPCC Chief.
Additionally, ten Congress MLAs have come out in supportof Punjab CM and have urged the High Command to prioritize Capt Amarinder.