Amritsar: With a zilch or little progress made by the state Congress authorities in fulfilling the pre-poll guarantees and to finish the proxy rule of paperwork, the Punjab Congress occasion’s Member Parliaments (MP), Member Legislative Assembly (MLA), and different leaders have opened up their hearts earlier than the occasion high command to keep away from any embarrassment within the ensuing 2022 meeting elections particularly in wake of rising voices of discontentment rising from inside the Punjab Congress management.
As the infighting in Punjab Congress escalated and went public to an extent that the vitriolic statements of some leaders, particularly by the previous cupboard minister Navjot Singh Sidhu which has introduced a lot embarrassment to chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Congress high command swung into motion and determined to give a affected person listening to to the brewing discontentment amongst Congress leaders of Punjab.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi constituted a three-member committee together with All India Congress Committee common secretary and answerable for Punjab affairs Harish Rawat, former Delhi MP JP Aggarwal, and chief of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and tasked them to resolve the disaster earlier than it goes out of fingers.
Sources privy to the conferences knowledgeable Zee News {that a} majority of Congress MPs MLAs and different leaders impressed upon the Congress high command to give attention to the occasion trustworthy and never the fickle coat changers by the three-member clique for the reason that identical might convey a lot injury to the occasion prospects in 2022 meeting elections.
The indication was clear that dissident leaders, together with Sidhu, Pargat Singh and so on. must be tamed and made to fall in line and a message must be despatched throughout to others whose actions might show deadly to occasion prospects in Punjab.
The Punjab leaders additionally complained of their steady neglect by the chief minister and giving the reigns of governance within the fingers of the paperwork.
“About a year and a half ago I had sought an appointment to the chief minister, but haven’t listened from him so far whereas I am always available at the beck and call of any of the municipal councillor of my assembly after all these are the people who eventually garner votes for us” complained a Congress MLA on situation of not divulging his title.
While candidly admitting that a big amount of cash was required to finance politics, one other senior Congress chief alleged that it was not at all times the cleanest cash which was utilized in politics, however due to carte blanche given to the paperwork, the political selections taken by them had been overruled by the paperwork.
“Besides, we have not fulfilled most of our 2017 pre-poll promises, including the eradication of drugs, sentences to those behind sacrilege incidents, jobs and mobiles to youth and so many others, we are not only humiliated by the opposition but feel abashed when we meet our voters,” mentioned one other senior Congress chief from Majha space of Punjab.
Though Navjot Singh Sidhu has been harping on his voice earlier than media that he has ‘uncovered the truth of Punjab’ earlier than the three-member committee, if sources are to believed, the problems of giving unbridled powers to paperwork and non-fulfillment of pre-poll guarantees overshadowed the dissident’s difficulty particularly sulking Navjot Singh Sidhu’s difficulty who didn’t have a lot maintain on state polity besides having the movie star standing which has additionally been fading through the years.
Even Perneet Kaur member of Parliament from Patiala and spouse of Capt Captain Amrinder Singh whereas defending Capt authorities took a jibe at Navjot Singh Sidhu, MLA Amritsar east constituency mentioned Sindhu ought to concentrate to take care of his constituency through the Covid pandemic and will contribute to the endeavour to hold Punjab protected.
She went on to say that If Sidhu has any grievances, he ought to go to the Chief Minister or the occasion high command.
According to obtainable info, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will depart for Delhi within the afternoon to meet the three-member panel, right this moment night.
Sources say that the Congress high command probably to change the Punjab affairs in-charge very quickly.
AICC common secretary Harish Rawat, who’s a former Uttarakhand CM already conveyed to occasion command that he’s eager on focussing on the Assembly elections in his state early subsequent 12 months. If sources to consider JP Aggarwal is the entrance runner for the subsequent Punjab affairs chief amongst few others.
However, that is additionally clear that captain Amrinder Singh’s ultimate nod will set the title of the subsequent Punjab affairs chief. As amidst the ruckus within the Punjab Congress, the committee constituted by the high command has made it clear that Capt Amrinder Singh will stay the chief minister’s face within the 2022 meeting elections.
In most chance, Punjab might witness a bureaucratic rejig in close to future aiming to give a free hand to the elected representatives and the state authorities might try to assuage individuals’s resentment with an announcement to fulfill a number of pre-poll guarantees of 2017 or some people-friendly bulletins.
