The ex-CM of Punjab recalled that Rawat himself had publicly stated after meeting him that he was satisfied by his government’s track record on the 2017 poll promises.
Amarinder Singh on Thursday said that he will leave the Congress which he asserted was going downhill with senior leaders being ignored. The politician said that he had been "utterly humiliated" and was not trusted.
Plunging the Congress into a fresh crisis months ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls, Navjot Singh Sidhu quit as the party's state unit chief on Tuesday, shortly after the allocation of portfolios among the members of the new state cabinet led by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.
Crisis seems to have once again mounted for Punjab Congress after Navjot Singh Sidhu quit his position of state Congress chief. Sources confirm that Harish Rawat might visit Chandigarh to have a word with Sidhu.
Charanjit Singh Channi was declared the new CM of Punjab and took oath for the same on Monday. Harish Rawat has now declared that the polls next year would be contested under the leadership of Sidhu.
On reports that party's Punjab unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu didn't want any other leader to be considered for the post of chief minister except him, Harish Rawat said it wouldn't be a fare observation since such reports were unsubstantiated.
Here is a Exclusive interview of senior congress leader Harish Rawat on the newly selected cheif minister of Punjab.
Amid the ongoing tussle between Amarinder Singh and Sidhu, Punjab Congress legislators are set to meet today. Will Punjab witness a leadership change like Gujarat?
After the change of guard in Punjab with the appointment of new state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, a Cabinet reshuffle was scheduled on the cards. However, the reshuffling seems to have erupted the infighting in the state.
Both Navjot Sidhu and Amarinder Singh are pitted against each other and the state Congress infighting has escalated.
Navjot Singh Sidhu and Amarinder Singh have been at loggerheads with each other and have also made public comments against each other.
Senior Congress leader and the party's in-charge for Punjab, Harish Rawat on September 08 dismissed reports of friction between state Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Navjot Singh Sidhu, and said if there is any dispute between the two leaders in future, it would be beneficial for the party.
Congress leader Harish Rawat on September 07 slammed Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for dire situation of farmers in the state and said that the state has become land of atrocities on them.
Expressing his apprehension regarding the situation in Punjab Congress, party's state in charge Harish Rawat said that he can't say everything is going well in the state. "We are a democratic political party and there are many unresolved question that will be resolved," former Uttarakhand CM added.
Congress' central leadership is learnt to have sent Harish Rawat to resolve the infighting after four ministers and a few MLAs expressed lack of faith in Amarinder Singh's leadership.
I used that word (Panj Pyare) as a reference for a respected person. Still, if my words hurt feelings of any person, I apologize & take my words back. For atonement, I'll sweep the floors of a Gurudwara in my state (Uttarakhand): Punjab Congress in charge Harish Rawat
Harish Rawat meets Navjot Singh Sidhu amid Punjab tussle in Chandigarh and he says his “mission” to resolve issues among the state party leaders.
Amid the ongoing turf war in the party's state unit, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary Pargat Singh on Sunday questioned AICC state in-charge Harish Rawat and asked who gave him the right to take a big decision about Punjab.
Harish Rawat is scheduled to visit Punjab in a day or two and will talk to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and state president Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Earlier on Friday, Rawat met Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and reportedly sought to be relieved as the party's in-charge of Punjab.
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