File photographs of Punjab CM Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu.
The panel comprising of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge as chairman, with AICC basic secretary incharge for Punjab affairs Harish Rawat and J P Aggarwal will meet for the primary time on Saturday morning on the occasion headquarters right here.
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- Last Updated:May 28, 2021, 22:18 IST
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Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday arrange a three-member committee to resolve variations amongst its leaders in Punjab amid an open confrontation between Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his former cupboard colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu. The panel comprising of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge as chairman, with AICC basic secretary in-charge for Punjab affairs Harish Rawat and J P Aggarwal will meet for the primary time on Saturday morning on the occasion headquarters right here.
The committee comes in the wake of infighting and factionalism throughout the Punjab unit of the Congress forward of 2022 meeting elections in the state. Sources stated the panel was fashioned by Sonia Gandhi late final night time however was not introduced publicly.
Confirming the event, Rawat stated the panel is tasked with the dual aims of strengthening the occasion and authorities in Punjab and resolving variations throughout the occasion leaders in the state. “Our primary mandate is to strengthen the government and the party at the grassroots level and to help unite the Congress in Punjab and ensure its victory in the 2022 assembly polls,” Rawat informed PTI.
He stated the three leaders will meet on Saturday on the AICC headquarters to work out modalities on how to go about fulfilling its aims. “We would be talking to former party presidents and other key leaders in Punjab on how to strengthen the party and resolve any differences among state leaders,” the previous Uttarakhand chief minister stated.
Amarinder Singh and Sidhu have been at loggerheads in the current previous and Sidhu has publicly criticised the chief minister. “We will urge the leaders in Punjab not to air their grievances and views against each other in public and in the media, and instead raise their issues within the party forums,” he stated.
He added that the committee will meet all MLAs, MPs and sitting and former presidents of the state unit in addition to outstanding leaders to know what wants to be performed to set issues proper and make sure the occasion’s victory in the subsequent meeting elections. The sources stated the three-member panel will meet the chief minister in addition to Sidhu who’ve gone public in opposition to one another.
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