Amid ongoing squabble in Punjab Congress, Sidhu meets Priyanka
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New Delhi: A day after former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said that no meeting was scheduled between him and Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Punjab Congress leader met Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Wednesday.
The cricketer turned politician had raised a banner of revolt against Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, projecting Sidhu as Amarinder's replacement in the Punjab Congress.
Meanwhile, though It was expected that Rahul will give a peace formula to the former cricketer on his ongoing tussle with Amarinder Singh but there was no meeting.
On Tuesday afternoon,Rahul Gandhi stepped outside his house to talk to reporters but when he was asked he denied any such meeting. He said, "No meeting."
Last week Punjab Congress president Sunil Jhakhar, finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal and MPs Pratap Singh Bajwa and Manish Tewari had met Rahul Gandhi and apprised him of the situation after infighting escalated in the state Congress.
"Hope that the current situation will be resolved and some wrong people are advising the chief minister over the decision on jobs to kin of MLAs." Said Sunil Jakhar said after the meeting.
He said the issue of Sidhu is under discussion by the party leadership. While another bete noire of the Punjab CM, Pratap Singh Bajwa also met Rahul Gandhi and said that he discussed the ground reality and current political situation in the state.
