Cong trying to keep Amarinder, Sidhu united

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu. File pic/AFP

Amid speculation over Navjot Singh Sidhu getting a bigger role in the party in Punjab, the Congress leadership is working out a formula for Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Sidhu to work together.

AICC general secretary in-charge for Punjab affairs of the party Harish Rawat said Singh will continue as CM when the next assembly elections are fought. He, however, said that the party president's final approval on the Punjab unit revamp is awaited.

Rawat said the Congress wants that both should work towards uniting the party and steering it to victory in the next assembly polls, slated early next year.
Both Sidhu and Singh have been at loggerheads with each other and have made public statements against each other, prompting the party to set up a three-member panel headed by Mallikarjun Kharge to end factionalism.

Sources said Sidhu could land up with a bigger role in the party's revamp in Punjab ahead of assembly polls.

The sources add that the Punjab Congress could have two working presidents, too, in a bid to accommodate all sections, regions, religions and castes. The party will announce a major revamp in Punjab in the next few days which may see a new PCC chief.

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