PCC Chief Sunil Jakhar (Image: Twitter/ANI)
His assertion got here a day after a 3-member panel set as much as finish factionalism within the state unit submitted its report back to Sonia Gandhi.
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If eradicating him as the Punjab Congress chief strengthens the celebration, then it needs to be completed, stated Sunil Jakhar on Friday responding to speculations that he could also be changed. His assertion got here a day after a three-member Congress panel set as much as finish factionalism within the state unit submitted its report back to celebration chief Sonia Gandhi, suggesting a revamp to accommodate all sections.
“If the Congress turns into robust by eradicating Sunil Jakhar, then that should be completed right now,” Jakhar said when asked that there were speculations that he may be replaced. When asked that the panel has said that Amritsar MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu be “suitably accommodated” within the revamped unit, Jakhar agreed that he ought to get a “respectable place”. However, he told reporters that they should not speculate over the panel report. “Let the committee’s report come, you should not do guess work on that. I have not read the report,” he stated.
Jakhar additional stated he would by no means prefer to grow to be a “stumbling block” in any such effort of the party, which is aimed at strengthening it. “I have said from day one that if having someone else as the PCC chief strengthens the Congress Party, then it should be done,” stated the previous Gurdaspur MP. The Congress panel was chaired by Leader of Opposition within the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and included AICC common secretary in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Rawat and former MP J P Aggarwal. Rawat had on Thursday stated the report has been submitted to the Congress president, who would take a closing name on the options made.
Though no main adjustments have been advisable on the prime degree in Punjab, the panel is learnt to have stated that Navjot Singh Sidhu be “suitably accommodated” in the revamped unit. Sidhu’s name is doing the rounds for inclusion in the state cabinet and elevation as the deputy CM but Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is reportedly opposed to it.
Sidhu had quit the state cabinet nearly two years ago after his Local Bodies portfolio was changed.
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