Navjot Singh Sidhu, Power and New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister in Punjab Cabinet, had on Sunday stepped down from Minister post amid the tussle between him and the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.
Navjot Singh Sidhu submitted the letter to the then Congress President Rahul Gandhi on June 10, however, he made the letter public on Sunday. Singh had on June 10 met Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Ahmed Patel in the national capital. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, June 6, removed Sidhu as Local Government and Tourism and Culture Minister was an allocated charge of Power and New and Renewable Energy Sources Ministry.
‘My letter to the Congress President Shri. Rahul Gandhi Ji, submitted on 10 June 2019’, Navjot Singh Sidhu tweeted on Sunday. While in another tweet, he said ‘Will be sending my resignation to the Chief Minister, Punjab’.
Will be sending my resignation to the Chief Minister, Punjab.
— Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) July 14, 2019
In a page letter to then the President of the party, Navjot said, ‘I hereby resign as Minister from Punjab Cabinet’.
However, it is still not clear about why the resignation was not sent to Punjab Chief Minister in the last one month’.
Both Singh and Sidhu were in a tussle since Sidhu visited Pakistan for the swearing-in ceremony of PM Imran Khan. Sidhu during the visit hugged Pakistan Army Chief that had later sparked a big political controversial.
The loggerheads between the two leaders get even more fuelled further with Sidhu’s wife accusing Captain Amarinder was involved in denying ticket for Lok Sabha Polls. Navjot Kaur Sidhu, a wife of Navjot Singh Sidhu, was seeking ticket from Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat and later from Amritsar Lok Sabha Seat.
Congress who faced a humiliating defeat in the national polls nationwide, Punjab, however, delivered a relatively better result for the party. Congress manage to won eight seats of 13 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Soon after results, Captain Amarinder Singh slammed Sidhu saying that party could not do well in urban areas because Sidhu had handled his portfolio poorly.
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