All Have Welcomed Rahul Gandhi’s Decision: Sidhu Counters Claims Of Infighting In Punjab Congress

Sidhu’s remarks come a week after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi declared incumbent Charanjit Singh Channi as the chief ministerial candidate.

Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu | Getty Images

New Delhi: Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday countered the claims of infighting in the party’s state unit and said none have any issue with the high command’s decision.

“Where is the internal infighting in Congress? Rahul Gandhi Ji has given a decision and we all have welcomed it. No one has any issue with the high command's decision,” said Sidhu, news agency ANI reported.

Sidhu’s remarks come a week after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi declared incumbent Charanjit Singh Channi as the chief ministerial candidate.

Earlier on Friday, Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu said that Sidhu will get the post of “Super CM” if the party is re-elected.

“He (Navjot Singh Sidhu) will be given Super CM post,” he told ANI when asked about which post the Congress will give to Sidhu if voted to power in the Punjab Assembly elections.

Bittu said that Sidhu has welcomed the decision of Channi being the party’s CM face.

Earlier on February 6, Gandhi announced Channi as the party’s CM face for the Punjab Assembly polls.

Gandhi, who made this announcement while addressing a rally at Ludhiana, asserted that the party has no dearth of capable leaders.

The former Congress president said Punjab is in the blood of both Channi and Sidhu.

“Punjab CM will come from a poor family, Channi will be CM face for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections,” he announced.

Voting for the Punjab Assembly will be held in a single phase on February 14. The results will be declared on March 10.