SIDHU TO MEET MANN ON DAY CWC WILL DELIBERATE ON CONGRESS REVIVAL

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu will call on Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today, the day when Congress’ top decision-making body CWC will meet at the AICC headquarters to discuss the agenda for the brainstorming session and the party’s future strategy.

Sidhu will discuss matters regarding the revival of Punjab’s economy with the CM ‘Chintan Shivir’ in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, the Congress’ top decision-making body CWC will meet at the AICC headquarters here on 9 May to discuss the agenda for the brainstorming session and the party’s future strategy. The former Punjab Congress president tweeted on Sunday, “Will meet CM Bhagwant Mann tomorrow at 5:15 pm in Chandigarh to discuss matters regarding the revival of Punjab’s economy. Punjab’s resurrection is only possible with an honest collective effort.”

This meeting would be at a time when AICC in-charge of Punjab Harish Chaudhary has recommended disciplinary action against him. Chaudhary moved a complaint to the Disciplinary Action Committee against Sidhu and requested to take action against him. “Having been in-charge of the party’s affairs in Punjab from November until now, it has been my observation that Sidhu continuously criticised the functioning of the Congress government terming it corrupt and hand in glove with the Shrimoni Akali Dal,” the complaint mentioned. “As the party was fighting the elections, it was inappropriate for Sidhu to set such a precedent. In spite of my repeated advice to Sidhu to avoid such activities, he continued to speak against the government relentlessly,” it added, as per sources.

After a poll drubbing in five states recently, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi had asked its state unit chiefs in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, and Manipur to put down their papers.