The infighting in the Punjab congress reached a crescendo on Monday when a bit of legislators near Chief Minister Amarinder Singh sought strict disciplinary motion towards senior chief Navjot Singh Sidhu over his feedback on the Kotkapura firing probe verdict. Terming Sidhu’s continued assault on the chief minister as an act of indiscipline and an try to undermine the Congress authorities in Punjab, ministers termed his private assault on Amarinder an anti-party act.
The cupboard ministers, together with, Brahm Mohindra, Sunder Sham Arora and Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, got here out in robust criticism of Sidhu’s actions and open criticism of the Congress Chief Minister whereas being an elected MLA from the identical occasion.
Sidhu’s latest spate of feedback towards the Chief Minister may not be dismissed as the rantings of a disgruntled member of a democratic political occasion, stated the ministers, including that the open rebel was damaging the pursuits of the Congress at a time when Assembly elections in the state had been lower than a 12 months away.
Failure to take motion towards Sidhu now may set off unrest in the occasion’s state unit, which might be deadly for the occasion, which had suffered main electoral blows in the just lately concluded Assembly polls in 5 states, the ministers warned.
The ministers stated it was greater than evident now that Sidhu’s intentions had been nefarious and motivated by his vested private and political pursuits. It was clear that the MLA, by his blatant accusations and allegations, was attempting to fan dissent in the Punjab Congress towards Captain Amarinder, who had efficiently steered the occasion to an unprecedented win in 2017 and in each main election in the state thereafter, they added.
Dubbing Sidhu’s aggressive posturing on social media as an try by the disgruntled MLA to stress the excessive command into succumbing to his ‘unreasonable demands’, the ministers stated until pressing steps had been taken by the occasion, it might ‘encourage other ambitious and rebellious’ members to lift their voice overtly towards the Congress management whereas persevering with to get pleasure from its patronage.
Pointing out that the chief minister had made a number of overtures in latest previous to resolve any perceived variations on Sidhu’s half, the ministers stated it was clear that the latter didn’t wish to be placated however solely wished to attain political brownie factors to additional his private ambitions.
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