Any decision by Congress president acceptable, says Amarinder Singh

Any decision taken by Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be acceptable to all Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said as talk of Navjot Singh Sidhu being appointed chief of the partys state unit despite his oftstated reservations gathered forceThe cricketerturnedpolitician held a series of meetings through the day with Punjab Pradesh Congress President Sunil Jakhar as well as several MLAs including loyalists of the chief minister fuelling further speculation about the next steps in the dissensionriven Punjab Congress that has long been caught in the SidhuAmarinder feudAmarinder Singhs statement came after his meeting with AICC general secretary and Punjab incharge Harish Rawat who flew down to Chandigarh in what was seen as an effort to placate the chief minister The chief minister also said he raised certain issues with Rawat during the fruitful meeting at his farmhouse in MohaliHad a fruitful meeting with harishrawatcmuk Reiterated that any decision of INCIndia Presigravedent will be acceptable to all Raised certain issues which he said hell take up with INCIndia president capt_amarinder according to a tweet by Amarinder Singhs media advisor Rawat did not give away details of the meeting eitherOne thing is very clear Captain Amarinder Singh ji who had earlier made a mahan great statement that whatever decision will be taken by the Congress president will be honoured by him reiterated that statement today Rawat told reporters On July 16 Amarinder Singh wrote a letter to Sonia Gandhi He is learnt to have said that giving the post of state party president to Sidhu a Jat Sikh would upset senior leaders representing the Hindu community and harm the Congress prospects in the 2022 assembly electionsAlso Read Navjot Singh Sidhu meets Sonia Gandhi ahead of likely Punjab Congress revampWhile the party high command maintained studied silence on the matter Sidhu had a busy morning He left his residence in Patiala and first reached Jakhars residence in Panchkula near Chandigarh about 65 km away around 1045 am said Jakhars aide After the meeting which lasted for more than half an hour both came out smiling and hugged each other Sidhu dubbed Jakhar his elder brother and a guiding force Jakhar also said Sidhu is a capable manAfter Jakhars residence Sidhu headed to Chandigarh about 20 km away to meet other party senior leaders as well as several ministers including Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu and senior party leader Lal Singh who are considered close to Amarinder Singh Sidhu also met ministers Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa Gurpreet Singh Kangar and MLAs Barindermeet Singh Pahra Amarinder Singh Raja Warring Kulbir Singh Zira Darshan Brar Pritam Kobhai and Davinder Singh GhubayaRandhawa told reporters iquestall is welliquest in the party and recalled his familys relations with SidhuSidhu also tweeted photographs with three previous Punjab Congress chiefs Partap Singh Bajwa Lal Singh and Shamsher Singh Dullo and incumbent PPCC president Jakhar Seeking guidance of Presidents of the illustrious Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Conversations with wise men worth months of Education said Sidhu in a tweet Later in the day Sidhu met several party MLAs at his residence in PatialaOn Friday Sidhu had also met Gandhi at her residence in New Delhi on Friday in an apparent bid to arrive at a truce formula over the state unit revampSuspense has been building up over the muchawaited announcement from the party high command on the resolution of the festering feud in the Punjab Congress In case the party chooses to appoint Sidhu as PPCC chief there will be two Jat Sikhs in key posts While Amarinder Singh is also a Jat Sikh Jakhar is a HinduThere is also talk of appointing two working presidentsa Dalit and a Hindu face to balance caste equations Though there was no official word Sidhus supporters were upbeat at reports that he would be given the key post and there were reports that preparations for celebrations were already underway Party sources said reports of Sidhus supporters celebrating in advance have irked Amarinder Rawat had maintained that the central leadership is working out a peace formula where both leaders could work together to help the party win the Punjab Assembly polls next yearThe Congress had set up a threemember panel headed by the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge to resolve the infighting in the Punjab unit Both Sidhu and Amarinder Singh had also met the panel The rival leaders have often aired their differences in public and made statements against each otherAmid reports of Sidhus elevation party MP Manish Tewari has batted for a Hindu face for the PCC chiefs post while giving details of the composition of the states populationPunjab is both progressive and secular but balancing social interest groups is key Equality is the foundation of social justice he said in the tweet while giving details of Punjabs demography Sikhs he said constitute 5775 per cent of the population while Hindus and Dalits constitute 3849 and 3194 per cent respectivelyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever