Rahul Gandhi was also supposed to meet Sidhu after the latter left for Delhi from Patiala but soon dismissed the “fuss” around a “no meeting” with the Punjab leader.
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday met UP Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a day after Rahul Gandhi dismissed talks of his meeting with Sidhu.
“Had a long meeting with @priyankagandhi Ji” tweeted the former Punjab cabinet minister.
Had a long meeting with @priyankagandhi Ji pic.twitter.com/Wd4FYXFrhr
— Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) June 30, 2021
The meeting comes as the Punjab Congress faces an internal crisis with Sidhu leading the dissident camp against sitting Chief Minister Captain Amrinder Singh.
Rahul Gandhi has met a number of ministers, MLAs, and MPs including Brahm Mohindra, Vijay Inder Singla, Balbir Singh Sidhu, and Rajya Sabha member Shamsher Singh Dullo and MLA Lakhvir Singh Lakha.
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He has already met state Congress chief Sunil Jakhar and Rajya Sabha member and former Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa.
Rahul was also supposed to meet Sidhu after the latter left for Delhi from Patiala but soon dismissed the “fuss” around a “no meeting” with the Punjab leader.
“There is no meeting. I don’t know what fuss you are making…,” Rahul Gandhi told reporters while leaving his Tughlaq Lane residence on Tuesday.
Earlier, Congress interim President formed a three-member panel to sort out the differences between Captain and Navjot Singh Sidhu with both of them being summoned to Delhi individually.
Ahead of the Assembly polls in the state next year, Congress is looking at a complete revamp of the state unit and looking to accommodate Navjot Singh Sidhu
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