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Navjot Singh Sidhu appointed Congress president of Punjab unit
The decision came days after the state Congress was thrown into a crisis following a rift between Sidhu and CM Amarinder Singh. Newly-elected Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. | AFP
The Congress on Sunday appointed former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief, amid the infighting within the state unit of the party.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi also named four working presidents – Sangat Singh Gilzian, Sukhwinder Singh Danny, Pawan Goel and Kuljit Singh Nagra – for the Punjab unit of the party.
“The party appreciates the contributions of outgoing PCC [Pradesh Congress Committee] President, Shri Sunil Jakhar,” the All India Congress Committee in a statement. It added that Nagra will no longer be the party chief of Sikkim, Nagaland and Tripura.
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UPDATED: July 19, 2021 13:29 IST
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu with party s general secretary Priyanka Gandhi. (Image: Twitter/Navjot Singh Sidhu)
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appointment of Navjot Singh Sidhu as the Punjab Congress president is a bold move made by the Gandhi trio to re-establish a sense of supremacy of the party “high command” which had become almost defunct on account of inertia and lack of electoral success.
Navjot Singh Sidhu may head Punjab Congress despite Captain Amarinder Singhâs written protest
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Navjot Singh Sidhu appears all set to become the Punjab Congress president despite Chief Minister Amarinder Singhâs written protest to party president Sonia Gandhi to make a choice between him and Sidhu. He reportedly said he cannot guarantee the Congress victory in the Assembly polls early next year even if the elections are contested under his leadership as the chief minister.
Party sources said All India Congress Committee general secretary Harish Rawat, who is incharge of Punjab affairs, met Amarinder and tried to pacify him that the party leadership will appoint four working presidents of the state Congress instead of the earlier plans to have two, one a Hindu and another a Dalit.
Congress High Command Summons DK Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah To Delhi Jul 18, 2021, 10:04 IST
Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar are going to New Delhi on Monday after they got a call from the Congress high command.
According to the reports Siddaramaiah is likely to inform Sonia Gandhi and other central leaders of the party that he has not projected his name for the Chief Minister s post. It is all known knowledge that Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar have been at loggerheads after a few MLAs projected Siddaramaiah as the next Chief Minister candidate and some others favoured DK Shivakumar.
Shivakumar is also scheduled to leave for New Delhi on Monday to meet the central leaders of the party. The topic of the next chief ministerial candidate never dies down. On Saturday, in a meeting, Congress party workers welcomed Shivakumar by shouting slogans, Next Chief Minister .