Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President, is among Congress' stalwart leaders and would be a key candidate of the grand old party in the forthcoming Punjab Assembly Elections 2022. He was born on October 20, 1963. Navjot Sidhu will be contesting election from Amritsar (East) constituency. Polling in Punjab will be held in one single phase on February 20. Navjot Singh Sidhu has been a professional cricketer and part of the Indian cricket team who retired from international cricket in 1999. Navjot Sidhu began his political innings with BJP and won the Lok Sabha election from the Amritsar seat in 2004. With many ups and downs during his tenure with BJP, Sidhu joined Congress in 2017 and since then has been part of the party. For over two years now, Sidhu has remained part of various controversies and in-party fighting. First, Sidhu was widely criticised for hugging Pakistan army chief and Imran Khan during the inauguration ceremony of Kartarpur Corridor while post that Sidhu has remained surrounded with in-party fighting in the Punjab unit of Congress. Sidhu upped the ante against former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in the quest to push himself for the top job in the state. Though, the Congress party did not elevate him as Chief Minister of state but made him the President of PPCC. In the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab, Sidhu who is being constantly attacked by several party leaders from Amarinder Singh's camp is expected to face a tough contest, both from within the party and opposition. Former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh at several public platforms has challenged Sidhu saying that he will not let Sidhu become the next chief minister of Punjab as the latter is a threat to national security due to his closeness with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and its Army Chief.
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A tweet from Amarinder Singh's media strategist dismissed reports that Navjot Sidhu had sought time to meet the Chief Minister following his elevation as leader of the Congress' Punjab unit.
The differences between the newly appointed Punjab Congress Committee chief Navjot Sidhu and Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh are likely to intensify after the chief minister's fresh demand for a public apology.
As the Congress high command formally announced former Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu as the PPCC chief on Sunday, display boards and buntings congratulating him were already put up in the city.
In another twist to the political situation in Punjab, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has called a meeting of all the MPs and MLAs of the state, which will be held during lunch in Chandigarh on Wednesday. This meeting is taking place after Navjot Singh Sidhu was made the Punjab Congress President.
Navjot Singh Sidhu was on Sunday appointed as the President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee by Sonia Gandhi, despite a major opposition by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Gandhi also appointed four working presidents to assist Sidhu in the run-up to the next assembly elections.The appointments came after days of internal squabbling and public bickering that virtually divided the state unit between two factions owing allegiance to Singh and Sidhu.
Punjab MPs from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are set to meet at former Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa's Delhi residence on Sunday. According to the details, the meeting is said to take place at 1:30 pm today.
After being reprimanded by Congress high command and party leader Rahul Gandhi, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has softened his stance on Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, reports said.
Amid continued infighting in the Punjab Congress, former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday met party chief Sonia Gandhi at her residence in Delhi. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and party in-charge of Punjab affairs, Harish Rawat also attended the meeting with Sidhu.
Even as it appeared that the Congress has reached a solution to end the bickering between Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his former cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, the infighting is just refusing to die down.
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I had come to meet the Congress president, discussed internal matters of the party, Punjab development issue. Whatever decision she takes as far as Punjab is concerned, we are ready for it. We are totally geared up for the upcoming elections: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh
Amid his tussle with Navjot Singh Sidhu, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday reached the national capital to hold a meeting with interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi to present his side of the story.
Senior Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has trained guns on Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh over the power cut order. In a series of tweets shared this morning, Sidhu said that flagged faults in the functioning of Singh's government, saying people of Punjab can get 24/7 power supply if the government "acts in the right direction"
Chandigarh: Punjab CM & Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh held a meeting with the party's senior colleagues from urban areas of Punjab.
Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu - whose complaints against Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had contributed to the crisis in the party's state unit - is at the home of Rahul Gandhi.
After meeting Sidhu, Priyanka went to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s residence and had a 40-45-minutes-long meeting with him.
A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said he had no meeting scheduled with Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Punjab politician met party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday met senior party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at latter's residence in Delhi. The meeting comes in the backdrop of ongoing infighting within the Congress' Punjab unit. Sidhu is learnt to have discussed his role in the revamp in the party's state unit ahead of assembly polls. After meeting Sidhu, Priyanka met her brother Rahul Gandhi and mother Sonia Gandhi.
Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday met Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Delhi.
Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu leaves from his residence in Patiala to meet Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi in Delhi
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