Thaw in Capt-Sidhu ties: CM Amarinder to attend elevation ceremony of Navjot Sidhu as PCC chief

New Delhi: In a climbdown from former position, Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh has accepted invitation from Navjot Sidhu and has agreed to attend his elevation ceremony as Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief.

Navjot Singh Sidhu will formally take over as the state Congress chief.

Kuljit Singh Nagra and Sangat Singh Gilzian, two of the four newly appointed working presidents for the state party unit, extended a formal invite to the CM at his farmhouse in Mohali’s Siswan for the installation ceremony.

Captain Amarinder Singh had earlier set a condition that he will not Sidhu until he makes public apology for his derogatory attacks on the former.

Sidhu and Amarinder Singh have been at loggerheads for the past some time.

After meeting Amarinder Singh, Nagra told reporters that the CM will come to the event.

“An invitation from the pardhan sahib (PPCC president), ministers and MLAs has been given to the CM. He has accepted the invitation and will reach there to give his blessings,” said Nagra.

Punjab CM @capt_amarinder has invited all @INCPunjab MLAs, MPs and senior party functionaries at Punjab Bhawan for tea at 10 am on Friday. They will all then go to Punjab Congress Bhawan together from there for the installation of the new PPCC team. pic.twitter.com/fdm2XXprlP

— Raveen Thukral (@RT_MediaAdvPBCM) July 22, 2021

Later, the Punjab CM’s media adviser said in a tweet, “Punjab CM @capt_amarinder has invited all @INCPunjab MLAs, MPs and senior party functionaries at Punjab Bhawan for tea at 10 am on Friday. They will all then go to Punjab Congress Bhawan together from there for the installation of the new PPCC team.”

Sidhu will formally assume charge of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, along with four working presidents, at Punjab Congress Bhawan. Incharge of Punjab affairs at the AICC, Harish Rawat, is also expected to attend the event.