Now, Yaari-Dosti For Navjot Sidhu, Amarinder Singh

Chandigarh:

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and the newly appointed state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu met as we speak at Punjab Bhawan over a cup of tea. Their assembly, coming after months of a confrontation between the 2, might mark the tip of the political disaster within the state celebration unit.

“The Punjab disaster has been resolved, you may see,” Congress chief Rahul Gandhi mentioned moments after they met, in accordance with ANI.

Mr Singh had until now refused to satisfy Mr Sidhu except he apologised publicly for attacking him. This was additionally one of many situations the Chief Minister had positioned to comply with the latter’s elevation, though it did not matter on the finish of the day.

At present, the Chief Minister arrived at Punjab Bhawan a couple of minutes after Mr Sidhu. The ‘tea celebration’ comes forward of the cricketer-turned-politician’s inauguration in his new function as we speak.

The promotion of Mr Sidhu, strongly opposed by the Chief Minister’s camp earlier than lastly giving in, was introduced earlier this week. He changed Sunil Jakhar because the Punjab Congress President.

The cricketer-turned-politician has been an unrelenting critic of Chief Minister Singh and likewise had the ears of the celebration’s Central management.

Mr Singh, nonetheless, had additionally mentioned that he’ll go by no matter choice the celebration excessive command takes on the matter of Mr Sidhu’s elevation.

Following his appointment, Mr Sidhu wrote to the Chief Minister inviting him for the inaugural programme as we speak. In his letter to Mr Singh, which emphasised celebration chief Sonia Gandhi’s function in his promotion, he mentioned, “I’ve no private agenda, solely pro-people agenda. Thus, because the eldest of our Punjab Congress household, I request you to please come and bless the brand new group of PCC.”

Later within the afternoon, Raveen Thukral, the Chief Minister’s media advisor tweeted, “Punjab CM has invited all MLAs, MPs and senior celebration functionaries at Punjab Bhawan for tea at 10 am on Friday. They’ll all then go to Punjab Congress Bhawan collectively from there for the set up of the brand new PPCC group.”

Punjab goes to polls early subsequent yr.