Any decision taken by the Congress president will be acceptable to all, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Saturday after meeting AICC general secretary and Punjab in-charge Harish Rawat. Rawat flew down to Chandigarh as tensions escalate in the Congress' Punjab unit over differences between Amarinder and Navjot Singh Sidhu.
The chief minister was later quoted by his media adviser as saying that he had a fruitful meeting with Rawat.
"'Had a fruitful meeting with @harishrawatcmuk. Reiterated that any decision of @INCIndia Presdent will be acceptable to all. Raised certain issues which he said he'll take up with @INCIndia president,' @capt_amarinder," the official tweeted.
also read
- Ex-Punjab IPS officer shoots self after being duped over Rs 8 crore in sophisticated wealth management and stock trading scam
- Why Punjab declared Amritsar, Talwandi Sabo, and Anandpur Sahib as holy cities
- Mob violence in Kerala: Congress slams Pinarayi Vijayan govt over lynching of Chhattisgarh migrant worker in Palakkad
- Who is Rajbir Singh? How the Indian Army deserter was caught before being flown to Europe by Pakistani handlers
There is intense speculation that the cricketer-turned politician may be appointed state Congress chief.
Rawat reached Chandigarh in a chopper around 12 noon and went straight to the chief minister's farm house in Mohali.
The visit is being seen as an effort to placate Amarinder Singh, who wrote a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday. He is learnt to have said that giving the post of state party chief to Sidhu, a Jat Sikh, would upset the party's senior leaders representing the Hindu community and harm the party's prospects in the 2022 assembly elections.Â
