A day after meeting with the general secretary of the AICC organization, KC Venugopal, and the general secretary in-charge Harish Rawat, the head of PPCC, Navjot Sidhu, met with the leader of the AICC, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday in the evening and said she “raised her concerns with him and was assured they would be resolved.”
After an hour and a half long meeting, held in Rawat’s presence, Sidhu told the media: “Any concerns I had, I shared them with Rahul Ji. All those concerns are resolved.”
However, he refused to speak about whether he would withdraw his resignation even when questioned by the media. He left the scene in his vehicle after the meeting without answering questions about his resignation.
He tweeted: “I have shared my concerns with @RahulGandhi Ji, I was assured they will be resolved.” In his tweet, he also did not mention anything about the resignation.
Rawat, on the other hand, told the media that Sidhu had assured Rahul Gandhi that he would withdraw his resignation, “Sidhu shared his concerns with Rahul Gandhi and they told him they would take care of them. He assured Rahul Gandhi that he has withdrawn his resignation and will resume his duties as head of PPCC, Harish Rawat told the media after the meeting.
Sidhu was in Delhi on Friday and was made to wait in Punjab Bhawan for the meeting. Finally, the meeting took place at 8:00 p.m. and also in the presence of Rawat.
It is known that Sidhu was clearly told that he would have to deal directly with the general secretary in charge and that he would not have a direct line to Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
The party’s top leadership is known to have been upset with Sidhu for tweeting his resignation, criticizing the government of CM Charanjit Singh Channi on social media.
Given that Sidhu has not announced the withdrawal of his resignation, it remains to be seen whether or not he will withdraw it.
The party leadership has been waiting for Sidhu to withdraw his resignation. At least three outreach meetings have been held with Sidhu, first in the presence of AICC observer Harish Chaudhary and another with KC Venugopal and Rawat, and today with Rahul. However, Sidhu has not made an announcement regarding the withdrawal of his resignation.
He has resigned on September 28 and the party wants me to withdraw it rather than rejecting it themselves. Sidhu had expressed concern about Channi’s choice of DGP and AG.
The party had agreed to send a panel on DGP to UPSC but had gone to work with AG. Sidhu had posted videos on social media saying he would not compromise. It remains to be seen what his next move would be.
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