The three-member AICC panel, constituted to finish factionalism in Punjab Congress, is towards saying a chief ministerial face now.
The panel, which submitted its report back to the highest management on Thursday, additionally advised that Navjot Singh Sidhu can’t be ignored and really helpful an necessary get together submit for him.
Sources, nonetheless, advised CNN-News18 that Sidhu gained’t settle for something lower than the submit of the state president or deputy CM — one thing that Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has put his foot down on.
The committee met each Sidhu and Singh, moreover get together MLAs and leaders, earlier than submitting the report. It felt, after discussing with MLAs, that it will be dangerous to announce a chief ministerial face now. Punjab is headed to polls early subsequent yr.
In the final meeting polls in 2017 additionally, the Congress was reluctant to announce a CM candidate, but it surely was pressured to go forward with Amarinder’s identify because the Captain had made it clear he couldn’t make sure the get together’s win if he was not declared because the CM face. This propelled get together chief Rahul Gandhi to call Amarinder because the CM candidate.
The panel has additionally really helpful an entire overhaul within the state Congress and advised a coordination committee to make sure that the get together will get its act collectively earlier than the meeting polls.
The Congress excessive command is predicted to advise Amarinder to take everybody alongside within the get together, which will not be a straightforward process given his ‘Ekla Chalo’ model of functioning.
The Congress is, nonetheless, assured that it could win Punjab once more because it feels the opposition BJP and SAD are truncated and AAP has no large face to struggle the elections.
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