'Congress to move adjournment motion in Parliament over farmers' issue'

As the Monsoon session begins from July 19 the Congress MPs will move an adjournment motion in both houses of the Parliament on farmers issues said party leader Manish TewariSpeaking to media persons after the meeting Manish Tewari said We had detailed discussions on ongoing farmers protests and the allocation of vaccines in Punjab We will be presenting Kaam Roko Prastav in the House We have also discussed the strategy for the upcoming Parliament session keeping Punjab issues in mind Amid the ongoing tussle in Punjab Congress all Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs of Congress from the state met at the party MP Pratap Singh Bajwas residence in Delhi on Sunday to discuss issues related to the state unitCongress MPs Manish Tewari Jasbir Gill Shamsher Singh Dullo Mohd Siddiqui Praneet Kaur Santokh Chaudhary Ravneet Singh Bittu and others attended the meeting at Bajwas residence However Congress MPs categorically denied discussing the CaptainSidhu rift saying they formulated strategies to corner the government in the Monsoon sessionPratap Singh Bajwa said the farmers protest and issues related to Punjab were discussed in the meeting Asked about Navjot Singh Sidhu Bajwa said In democratic parties differences are there We are loyal to Congress We will follow whatever party highcommand decides We have accepted persons from any caste or religion young or old tall or short We accepted it earlier will do it now as well There is no challenge Navjot Singh Sidhu had come for a courtesy meet after he met Sonia Gandhi I did not give him any directions At the MPs meet we discussed farm issues and price riseOn Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh he said My differences with Captain are not personal but on policies on promises not met by the State Government We had detailed discussions on them He has asked for around 1214 weeks time to fulfil them as there are seven months to the electionsCongress MP from Punjab Jasbir Gill said There was no talk of Navjot Singh Sidhu We discussed how the farmers issue could be raised in Parliament We also talked about high inflation and Punjabs taxes that are not released by the Centre The meeting came amid the heightened political buzz about possible organisational changes in the Punjab Congress While Navjot Singh Sidhu is likely to head the Punjab unit of the party four working presidents will be appointed with him the sources saidAlso Read Vice President Naidu urges Parliament to stand by people amid Covid19 pandemic address their concernsWe have invited all Congress MPs from Punjab for a meeting to devise a strategy on farmers issue and to discuss some important issues related to the Punjab Congress Bajwa had told ANI before the meeting Incidentally the meeting also comes a day after Bajwa along with Punjab Speaker Rana KP Singh and state Cabinet Minister Rana Gurmeet Sodhi met Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh at his residenceOn July 16 sources had said that Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh wrote to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi expressing apprehensions about the possible appointment of party leader Navjot Singh Sidhu as PCC chiefA power tussle in Punjab Congress has been going on for almost a month where Sidhu openly rebelled against the state government by criticising the electricity crisis in the state Congress leadership has been making efforts to find a solution to the rift ahead of assembly polls earlier next yearThis 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