Capt Amarinder Singh meets MLAs, Jakhar offers to resign as dissidents await Sonia Gandhi’s word

A day after the three-member panel submitted its report to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, the Punjab CM met the MLAs at his official residence while the dissidents decided to wait for a word from the party high command. Amidst all this, State Congress President Sunil Jakhar said that if doing so would strengthen the party, he would be happy to leave the post. Jakhar was reacting to speculations that he may be replaced as the PPCC chief. On Fridays, Amarinder spends the day working outside his official residence. according to sources, Some MLAs had complained to the three-member panel that Amarinder was not available for meetings as he mostly lived at his private farm house Mohinder Bagh in Parol village near Chandigarh. Amarinder shifted to his farm house about two years ago before the Kovid epidemic. Since then he was rarely seen at his official residence. Amid COVID, he has been attending virtually most of the meetings, including cabinet and other official meetings. A group of MLAs led by Kuldeep Singh Vaid met the CM at his official residence on Friday. The party included MLAs Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal, Satkar Kaur, Dr Harjot Kamal and Balwinder Singh Laddi. In fact, most of the meetings have been attended. A group of MLAs led by Kuldeep Singh Vaid met the CM at his official residence on Friday. The party included MLAs Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal, Satkar Kaur, Dr Harjot Kamal and Balwinder Singh Laddi. In fact, most of the meetings have been attended. A group of MLAs led by Kuldeep Singh Vaid met the CM at his official residence on Friday. The party included MLAs Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal, Satkar Kaur, Dr Harjot Kamal and Balwinder Singh Laddi.

Describing the meeting with the MLAs on Friday, sources said that Vaid played a key role in bringing these MLAs together and meeting the CM amid dissenting voices against Amarinder. A few days ago, five party MPs also met the CM at his private residence. An MLA said that they had just gone to get their pending works done. Another MLA Fateh Jang Singh Bajwa was also among those who met the CM, but separately, at his official residence. Bajwa’s younger brother is Pratap Singh Bajwa, who has been an opponent of the CM. Fateh Bajwa was also in favor of the group of first cabinet ministers Sukhjinder Randhawa and Charanjit Channi among the voices of dissent. Interestingly, Balwinder Laddi is also believed to be an associate of Pratap Bajwa. Sources said that his presence at the CM’s residence is a curious case. Disgruntled people wait and see Congress leader, Those who raised the flag of rebellion against Amarinder, meanwhile, have adopted a watch and watch policy after the committee submitted its report and Amarinder was reportedly firmly in the saddle. A member of the dissident group said they would wait for AICC chief Sonia Gandhi to act. “We’ll see what she does. After that we will respond,

The Congress leader said. ‘Captain vs Sidhu panel wrong’ However cabinet minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that the committee has wrongly made it a fight between CM and Navjot Sidhu. “For us this is not a fight between Navjot and the CM. For us it is a fight for the survival of the Congress. We never went there to say that Navjot Sidhu should be made CM. We told them that we have come to power by taking the oath of gutkha sahib that we will end drug addiction. We had promised justice in Bargari and Behbal Kalan. We also promised to scrap the PPA and end the mafia regime. Where do we stand today? If the committee had to fight between him and Sidhu, why were we called there? He should have listened to both of them and made Sidhu sit where he wanted. They said: “The committee has made it a fight between Captain and Sidhu. What happened to our issues? If the committee wanted, they would have called both. Why were we called? Why was the time wasted?” Ready to resign: Jakhar PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar on Friday said that he is ready to resign if his resignation will help the Congress grow stronger.