Captain assured Sidhu will rejoin group, desires Bajwa, Dullo by aspect too

Laying the bottom for the Assembly elections due early subsequent yr, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh Thursday reached out to his detractors within the Punjab unit of Congress, expressing confidence that former Cabinet colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu could be a part of his group whereas including that he will likely be glad to have Rajya Sabha members Partap Singh Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dhullo too on his aspect.
“Everyone wants Navjot to be part of our team,” Amarinder advised a press convention right here Thursday, a day after the 2 Congress leaders met on the CM’s farmhouse close to right here, the place, sources stated, that they had mentioned the cricketer-turned-politician potential reinduction into the Cabinet.
“We had a very cordial meeting. He had tea with me. He has sought some time. Let him have his time. And then he will come back to us. I am sure he will be part of our team,” Amarinder stated.
The improvement comes almost two years after the cricketer-turned-politician stop the federal government after being divested of a key portfolio.

Asked if Sidhu needed to be the deputy chief minister or the state Congress chief, Amarinder stated it was as much as the Congress president to resolve these issues.
“Not my decision nor Sunil ji’s (PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar) decision. It is for CP (Congress president) to decide whatever they wish to,” he stated, including in a lighter vein, “If he wants my job he can have it.”Amarinder additionally stated that he had identified Sidhu since he was two.
Raveen Thukral, the CM’s media advisor had additionally shared on Twitter pictures of the 2 leaders collectively, indicating a thaw of their strained relations.

Replying to a question, the CM stated that he would even be glad to have Bajwa and Dhullo as a part of the group. He stated that whereas everybody has their very own ambitions, it’s as much as the Congress president to resolve (on their position) in social gathering. “In a difficult hour, you have to set aside your own ambitions and stand with the party,” he added.
Bajwa and Dullo had opened a entrance in opposition to the Amarinder Singh led authorities in Punjab over a number of points, together with hooch tragedy final yr which killed greater than 100 individuals. Several social gathering leaders in Punjab had later written to the central excessive command recommending the duo’s expulsion for anti-party actions.