Team News Riveting
Chandigarh, August 25
Amidst feud within Congress assuming alarming proportions in Punjab, Congress leadership today hinted that the ensuing assembly elections would be contested under the leadership of incumbent Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
The Congress high command had recently appointed Navjot Singh Sidhu as the State Party Chief after he launched a massive campaign against Singh. While the Sidhu camp was eyeing to have a considerable say in the forthcoming election, the Congress high command gave him an overt signal.
Punjab AICC in-charge Harish Rawat on Wednesday said that Punjab assembly elections in 2022 would be fought under the leadership of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh amid demands of his removal. The announcement came after four party ministers and three MLAs, who arrived in Dehradun, met the former Uttarakhand CM.
The tussle between the two leaders intensified with four cabinet ministers and several party legislators openly pitching for the CM’s removal, alleging that he failed to keep key poll promises.
After the meeting, Rawat said there’s “no danger to the party and the government, adding that the ministers and the MLAs only shared their grievances with the functioning of the Punjab government, and that they did have a problem with anyone. “
Meanwhile, the Sidhu camp also came under the target as a group of Punjab ministers and MLAs, loyal to the Chief Minister demanded strong action against his two advisors over their “patently anti-national and pro-Pakistan comments.”
They warned that the conduct of Sidhu supporters could cause massive damage to the Congress in the run-up to the Punjab Assembly polls—a point Congress high command cannot dare to ignore as the state goes to the polls in less than six months.
