Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been involved in a tussle with his boss chief minister Amarinder Singh, resigned from the state cabinet on Sunday.
Navjot Sidhu made the announcement on Twitter and sent the letter to Rahul Gandhi instead of Amarinder Singh. “My letter to the Congress President Shri. Rahul Gandhi Ji, submitted on 10 June 2019,” he tweeted.
Minutes later, he tweeted that he will send the resignation to the Punjab CM. The chief minister’s office said they haven’t received yet received Sidhu’s resignation letter, news agency ANI reported.
My letter to the Congress President Shri. Rahul Gandhi Ji, submitted on 10 June 2019.Sidhu met Rahul Gandhi after the cabinet reshuffle and tweeted a picture in which he is seen with Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and senior party leader Ahmed Patel.
The differences between Amarinder Singh and Navjot Sidhu were out in the open after the CM blamed Sidhu’s inept handling” of the local government department for the “poor performance” of the Congress in the urban areas in the Lok Sabha elections.
The CM had said the urban vote was the backbone of the Congress in Punjab but Sidhu’s “failure” to do any development work had hurt the party. Amarinder had also expressed displeasure over his “friendly-match” remark during a poll rally in Bathinda.
Sidhu hit back accusing Amarinder of unfairly “singling” him out for the poor show of the Congress in the urban areas of Punjab. Navjot Sidhu has been at loggerheads with Amarinder Singh ever since his wife Navjot Kaur was denied a ticket for the Lok Sabha polls.
