Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

Former Punjab minister and Congress lawmaker Navjot Singh Sidhu’s name is among the probables for the position of Delhi unit Congress chief, reported ANI on Wednesday.

The DPCC President post fell vacant after the death of three-time Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit early this month. If sources to be believed there are suggestions from many leaders to give Navjot Singh Sidhu, a big responsibility in the national capital.

However, sources added that the name of DPCC Chief will only be decided after the appointment of Congress national president. In the meantime, Congress Delhi state leaders have denied any such development.

Delhi State In-charge PC Chacko, as quoted by ANI, said that as far he knows there is no such discussion over the name of next DPCC Chief, and there is no meeting of Pradesh Committee too’.

Former Punjab Minister, and Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu, on July 14 Power and New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister in Punjab Cabinet, announced to 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, July 14.

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.

It should be noted the post of the DPCC Chief well vacant after the death of Sheila Dikshit. Former Delhi Chief Minister and Congress leader Sheila Dikshit on Saturday, July 20, passed away in Delhi at the age of 81 years. Dikshit was the longest-serving Chief Minister of Delhi and was the Chief Minister from the year 1998 to 2013.

She was appointed as the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) Chief ahead of the national polls 2019. After Dikshit’s demise, Congress is expected to appoint new DPCC Chief soon as the assembly polls in the national capital are now just months.

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