STATE CONG PRESIDENT TO VISIT KHATKAR KALAN TODAY

JALANDHAR: Newly appointed Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu will visit Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, on Tuesday where he will pay tributes to the martyr at his memorial.

SBS Nagar MLA Angad Singh, who has been preparing for the grand welcome of Sidhu, said he was hopeful that the new Congress chief will take the party to new heights with his insight and unique style of working.

He said that this appointment has paved the way for the resounding victory of the Congress in the 2022 assembly polls.

Sure new Sidhu will break ice with Capt, says Khaira

CHANDIGARH: A day after he supported chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s decision not to meet Navjot Singh Sidhu until he publicly apologises for his derogatory tweets against him, Bholath MLA and former leader of opposition Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Monday expressed the confidence that the state party leadership would iron out its differences and work towards forming the government again.

“I welcome the appointment of @sherryontopp as the PPCC chief. I’m sure he will break the ice with @capt_amarinder in an honourable manner and work towards forming a Congress government once again to resolve burning issues like sacrilege and Behbal (Kalan police firing) besides ameliorating the lot of the poor,” tweeted Khaira, an Aam Aadmi Party rebel, who returned to the Congress on June 3.

Khaira along with Maur MLA Jagdev Singh Kamalu and Bhadaur MLA Pirmal Singh Dhaula had returned to the Congress fold recently.