Pak PM Lobbied For “Outdated Buddy” Navjot Sidhu: Amarinder Singh’s Shocker
On Amarinder Singh’s declare, Navjot Sidhu hit again with “spent drive” statement.
Chandigarh:
Punjab’s former Leader Minister Amarinder Singh’s seat sharing announcement with the BJP these days was once accompanied through a shocker – one about his arch-rival Navjot Sidhu and his previous cricketing pal, Pakistan Top Minister Imran Khan.
Quickly after shedding Mr Sidhu from his cupboard, he had won a choice from a mutual acquaintance from Pakistan, Mr Singh instructed journalists these days.
“The Pakistan Top Minister had despatched a request, announcing if you’ll take again Sidhu into your Cupboard I can be thankful, he’s an previous buddy of mine. You’ll be able to take away him if he’s going to now not paintings,” Mr Singh mentioned.
Mr Sidhu, who addressed the media quickly after, refused to remark at the subject. “I do not need to touch upon any individual who is a spent drive,” he instructed journalists.
Amarinder Singh, who hand over the highest publish and the party overdue closing yr after simmering rigidity with Mr Sidhu, had dropped him from his cupboard in July 2019 after an excessively public fallout.
The stress between the 2 had persevered after Mr Sidhu — who was once angling for a larger slice of energy after becoming a member of the Congress – did not get it. His discuss with to Pakistan — when he was once noticed hugging their Military Leader Qamar Javed Bajwa at Imran Khan’s oath rite — had incensed Mr Singh, a former Captain of the Indian Military.
Even after stepping down because the Leader Minister, Mr Singh had mentioned he would oppose any transfer to make Mr Sidhu the Leader Ministerial face of the party, announcing he has a reference to the Pakistan established order and can be “a crisis”.
“I’ve noticed Sidhu expand. I’m anti his pro-Pakistan angle. Indian infantrymen are being killed at the border, and also you pass and hug Normal Bajwa and Imran Khan… If Sidhu is made the face of Congress, I can oppose it enamel and nail,” Amarinder Singh had mentioned.
