Verka’s letter to Sonia makes no point out of Sidhu, talks of ‘misunderstandings’

Contrary to the claims made by Congress MLA Raj Kumar Verka, that he has written a letter to the Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi to ‘rein in’ fellow Congressman and former Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, it has come to mild that his letter makes no point out of Sidhu and as an alternative talks about “misunderstandings and gaps between senior Congress leadership in the state”.
Verka had claimed a number of days again that “Sidhu is coming out with something or the other every day. I have requested the high command to intervene, call him to Delhi and sort out the issue”.
However, a duplicate of the letter written by Verka on April 21, perused by The Indian Express, exhibits that the MLA has made no such suggestion.
After perfunctory paragraphs highlighting the pandemic scenario in India and Punjab and issues being created for farmers by the centre because of new agriculture produce insurance policies, Verka states: “The open verbal strain and interpretation surfacing in the media and also on social media platforms are creating misunderstandings and gaps between senior Congress leadership in the state of Punjab.”
Verka goes on to write down, “We can sense that this happens due to communication gap between senior leadership, which requires swift intervention of high command to solve this on urgent basis.” He highlights that Harish Rawat, the state in-charge of the occasion, “has done multiple meetings with all leaderships and locals to resolve all minor and major issues including SC/BC matters of Punjab, which require promptness to achieve what he started for the success of ‘Mission 2022’ as per Congress agenda”.
Not mentioning both Navjot Singh Sidhu or the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh all through the latter, Verka advocates forming of a committee to type out native points.
“It’s the right time to form a new coordination committee of senior leaders for permanent solution of local issues on party platform for upcoming Punjab Legislative Assembly election in 2022,” he stated.

Raj Kumar Verka additionally highlighted that the Congress staff have been disheartened within the state.
“I would like to draw your kind attention that Congress workers are disheartened in the state owing to the party reorganisation and being dissolved the Punjab Pradesh Committee and District Congress Committees almost for one and a half years in the state,” the letter stated.
The Congress MLA ends the letter by requesting Sonia Gandhi to “intervene in the present political issues/scenario” by inviting her consideration to right away resolve the gaps, points/reorganising the construction to start with the election marketing campaign for the upcoming state meeting election”.
Verka’s feedback about writing a letter to Sonia Gandhi about Sidhu had been made after Navjot Singh Sidhu held press conferences and made a number of tweets attacking Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh for not taking motion in opposition to these responsible of circumstances of desecration of Guru Granth Sahib and the police firing on Sikh devotees.
Sidhu had alleged that there had been a definite lack of intent by the beginning authorities in taking the circumstances to their logical conclusion and had stated that the individuals of the state have been feeling cheated by the Congress authorities for inaction on its half. Lately, Navjot Sidhu has as soon as once more tweeted, taking the names of former Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal and his son and former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, questioning why that they had not been named in any challan by the Punjab Police and why their names didn’t determine in any FIR.
I by no means stated I named Sidhu: Verka
Speaking to The Indian Express, Raj Kumar Verka stated that his phrases had been twisted by the media to incorporate the reference to Navjot Singh Sidhu. “I had never said this. My letter was addressed to Sonia ji and copy to Harish Rawat ji. How could I reveal details of the letter. However, a television channel referred to my letter by joining the issue of Sidhu,” stated Verka.
He added that his total intention behind writing the letter was constructive and that given the truth that Punjab confronted the dual challenges of agriculture procurement and the Covid pandemic, the occasion ought to resolve the misunderstandings between leaders. “My whole concern as a Congressman is that the issues should get resolved so that we can work towards fighting the coming elections,” Verka stated.