The Congress excessive command has stepped in to defuse the disaster within the Punjab unit triggered by Navjot Kaur Sidhu’s sensational “Rs 500 crore for CM put up” comment, with social gathering sources indicating {that a} high-level committee will look into the battle as a part of the harm management train.
The sources mentioned senior social gathering chief Rahul Gandhi had referred to as a gathering with the AICC basic secretary in-charge of Punjab affairs and different senior leaders later this week to debate Punjab-related points. The management didn’t need the disaster to deepen amid the continuing Parliament session, they added.
Amid the raging disagreement between Navjot Kaur and loyalists of PPCC chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, the previous on Wednesday sharpened her assault, saying, “Raja Warring, don’t use your canine to bark, who got the ticket due to you. Why are you consistently working in opposition to the Congress, defeating candidates and forcing them to hitch different events?”
Whereas the social gathering excessive command has suggested each side to rein themselves in, former PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has stayed away from the controversy.
In her posts on X, Navjot Kaur “underscored” that she and her husband “will all the time be with the social gathering”. Her feedback assume significance amid buzz in social gathering circles about her alleged leanings in the direction of the BJP.
She mentioned, “We’re and can all the time be with the Congress and can win our Punjab state and present it to our personal humble, loving and sacrificing Gandhi household. Seventy per cent of the ‘environment friendly, sincere and constant’ leaders you’ve got disassociated from the Congress are in contact with me.”
Accusing the PPCC chief of “destroying the social gathering”, she wrote, “All 5 MLAs of Amritsar have been in opposition to the individual you made president, ignoring 34 seniors. You may have carried out the identical in collusion with corrupt folks and are forcing good folks to depart the social gathering.”
She alleged that as an alternative of listening to her full video, the state social gathering chief distorted details and abused her, forcing her to reply. “You could possibly have clarified that I clearly mentioned that the Congress had by no means requested me for cash. Then, on being requested why Sidhu is just not turning into the CM from every other social gathering, my reply was that we don’t have Rs 500 crore to spend,” Navjot Kaur mentioned.
Responding to the allegations, Warring advised the media in Muktsar that he remained unbothered. “The Congress has all the time taken strict disciplinary motion every time mandatory. The social gathering by no means permits indiscipline. Anybody who violates self-discipline will face motion. If somebody tries to make mischief or harm the social gathering by collaborating with others, the Congress will present such an individual the door,” he mentioned.
Warring mentioned private assaults didn’t have an effect on him. “I don’t take such remarks to coronary heart. I observe every little thing calmly. However those that loved positions of energy, held ministries, served as presidents, after which go on to defame the social gathering ought to really feel ashamed,” he mentioned.
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