Punjab Congress infighting: What has occurred up to now

To resolve the infighting throughout the Punjab Congress unit, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Friday met the three-member panel appointed by AICC president Sonia Gandhi to apprise them of the excellent points throughout the celebration’s state unit.
The three-member panel is headed by Rajya Sabha chief of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge together with Delhi MP JP Agarwal and AICC common secretary in-charge of Punjab, Harish Rawat. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has been stored within the loop of all of the developments going down with a number of Punjab leaders.
Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu have been concerned in a inner tussle throughout which the latter publicly attacked the CM over the Special Investigations Team (SIT) appointed for the sacrilege case, accused him of incompetence, and the inaction on clamping down on the drug mafia within the state.
The former cabinet minister has pointed fingers at Singh over a number of points, starting from unfulfilled guarantees, his quid professional quo with Akalis and the problem of botched-up probe in Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan firing circumstances. In addition, he additionally stated that the celebration had methods to get pulled out of their debt-ridden state if their tendency to pocket cash for revenue is checked.
After months of bitter disagreement with Amarinder Singh, Sidhu had a gathering with the high-level panel together with celebration MPs, MLAs and former PCC chiefs and several other different leaders.
After the assembly, Sidhu informed the media, “I came on the invitation of the high command. Whatever they asked me about the people of Punjab, I apprised them. I have come to make sure that the voice of the people of Punjab reaches the high command. I have come to convey their message. My stand is that the democratic power of people that goes to the government in the form of taxes should go back to the people, in whatever form. I came to tell the truth. The power of the people must return to the people. I have completely uncovered the truth. The truth may be oppressed but it cannot be defeated. So I have brought the truth of Punjab to the notice of the high command. We have to make the truth victorious and defeat every anti-Punjab force.” He refused to talk additional.
With barely a yr left for Assembly elections within the state, there may be uneasiness, with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s detractors planning to open a entrance in opposition to him. Sources stated Navjot Singh Sidhu had conferences with a few ministers and a few MLAs to plan their technique.
He, as Cabinet minister, had steered to the federal government {that a} state having three rivers could make a whole lot of crores from sand. He additionally said that it could possibly make a whole lot of crores from liquor as properly. His ideas, nevertheless, have been trashed.
It is claimed that Sidhu, together with a number of different ministers, had deliberate to ramp up strain on Captain to ebook the perpetrators of the Baragri sacrilege case and the next police firing circumstances of Kotkapura.
According to sources, a bunch of 38 MLAs and ministers got here collectively to “impress upon the party high command that people of Punjab were upset with the Congress government for not delivering justice in sacrilege case, bringing big fish to book in drugs issue, failing to make electricity cheaper, and that a perception had four a strong footing in the minds of people that there was a quid-pro-quo between Congress and the Akalis”.
BJP takes swipe at Congress over inner struggle; AAP accuses celebration of abandoning Punjab 
Responding to the continued infighting throughout the state Congress unit, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar stated, “Today, the entire (Congress) party and the government of Punjab are in Delhi. Who will look after Punjab? Ignoring Punjab for their internal fight. This is a big sin of Congress.”
Targetting Rahul Gandhi, Javadekar stated, “I would suggest to Rahul that instead of giving lectures to others, he should first think how works can be done properly in his state,” he stated. The minister additionally accused Capt Amarinder Singh of “making a profit” out of the free vaccine doses supplied by the Centre.

Meanwhile, AAP chief Raghav Chadha accused the celebration of abandoning Punjab. “There is a political earthquake going on in Punjab. While 27 other states in country are busy fighting the Covid pandemic, in Punjab, (Congress leaders) are fighting with each other,” Chadha stated whereas addressing the media on Thursday in Delhi.
According to sources, Navjot Singh Sidhu could also be referred to as again to the Punjab cabinet and be supplied the put up of deputy chief minister, so as to convey again normalcy.