Chandigarh: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has appointed Navjot Singh Sidhu as the new President of the party's Punjab unit. Gandhi took this decision despite strong objections from the state Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Meanwhile, the first reaction of Navjot Singh Sidhu on becoming the President has come to the fore. Expressing gratitude to Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Sidhu said that my journey has started now.
Navjot Singh Sidhu has tweeted and said, "I am grateful to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, they believed in me and gave me this important responsibility." We will work with every member of the Congress family to fulfil the mission of 'Jitega Punjab' through an 18-point agenda. My journey has started now."
Not only this, but Sidhu has also shared a picture of his father with former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. He wrote, "My father, a Congress worker who shared prosperity, privilege and freedom not only among a few but with all, joined the fight for independence by leaving the royal family. He was sentenced to death for patriotism. Then after getting relief from King's Amnesty, he became the President, MLA, MLC and Advocate General of DCC.
Let us inform you that Sonia Gandhi has also appointed four working presidents to assist Sidhu keeping in mind the next assembly elections. These appointments came after internal squabbles in the party, which left the party's state unit divided into factions loyal to Singh and Sidhu. Sidhu, who joined the Congress from the BJP ahead of the last 2017 assembly elections in Punjab, has intensified his efforts to garner support in the past few days and has met several MLAs and leaders.
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