Marinder to lead arty command in unjab polls: Cong
Amid the fresh turin Punjab Congress, AICC in ge of the state Harish Rawat the party will contest the Punjab Assembly elections r the leadership of Chief ster Captain Amarinder h. Briefing mediapersons a meeting with a delegation njab Ministers and MLAS at esidence here, Rawat said, will contest 2022 Punjab ions under the leadership of ain Amarinder Singh.” rlier, he said that the party an idea of turning up of posissues after the organisachanges in the state unit. ever, he said that Congress ook into the matter and find ution. eaking to ANI, Rawat said, s thing happens in the party. n we brought in changes in CC, we had an idea about ble issues that may turn up. ill find a solution. Everyone s Sonia Gandhi and Rahul dhi. But suddenly what has ened, why a large number LAS are disappointed. We ook into the matter and try solve it.” section of Punjab Congress leaders expressed their resentment over Amarinder Singh to party high command. They demanded the removal of him as chief minister citing his working style is harming the party and the state.
This internal feud pours in just days after Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on August 11 raised his concerns in front of Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi regarding the recent statements made by Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Navjot Singh Sidhu after his appointment to the post.
According to party sources, Amarinder Singh had ‘complained’ to Sonia Gandhi that Sidhu’s criticism of his government gives a bad impression in the public domain. Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has been appointed as president of the party’s Punjab unit ahead of elections due next year.