New Delhi: Punjab Congress Pres Navjot Sidhu has written to party’s interim pres Sonia Gandhi stating ‘priority areas that Punjab govt must deliver upon.’
He also asked time from her ‘to present to her a Punjab Model with 13 point agenda to be part of Congress Manifesto for 2022 Assembly polls.’
The letter dated October 15, was shared by Sidhu on Twitter today. This letter was written a day after he met Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and K C Venugopal and withdrew his resignation as Punjab Congress president, saying “everything has been sorted out”.
Earlier, Navjot Singh Sidhu had stepped down as Punjab Congress chief on September 28. He had also posted his resignation letter on Twitter.
Sidhu, after his resignation, had said he will always stand by party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi.
Sidhu’s resignation as state party chief has intensified the crisis in the Punjab Congress as a minister and three Congress leaders, considered close to him, stepped down from their posts.
This came as a big blow to the Congress that was hoping to resolve the turmoil in the Congress unit of Punjab ahead of the Assembly elections early next year.
Charanjeet Singh Channi took oath as the 16th Chief Minister of Punjab on September 20, days after Captain Amarinder Singh stepped down from the post of Punjab Chief Minister following months of infighting between him and Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Captain Amarinder Singh had resigned as Chief Minister on September 18 and had told the media that the Congress leadership had let him down. He had also taken a dig at Sidhu over his resignation, saying he is not a stable man.
Sidhu was made PCC chief by Congress leadership in July to stem infighting in Punjab Congress ahead of next year’s assembly polls but the party is now grappling with a fresh crisis.
