Politically Sensitive Files Go ‘Missing’ after Sidhu Quits
By: Rajmeet Singh; Tribune News Service: Last Updated: July 19, 2019, 7:19 AM (IST): The Tribune; Chandigarh
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Captain Amarinder Singh Unfettered Challenger to the Congress from the BJP
By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch
POINTS AT GLANCE:
1.      A Captain, and a soldier who marches to his own drumbeat | Analysis: Yet Captain Amarinder Singh faces an unlikely-doubtful, dubious political detractor-enemy, who is neither from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) nor the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but a lateral-unfettered; ‘not subject to limits or restrictions’ entrant-competitor, contestant-challenger to the Congress from the BJP. INDIA Updated: July 18, 2019 13:10 IST: by Vinod Sharma: Hindustan Times, New Delhi
2.      The mercurial Navjot Singh Sidhu is younger to the chief minister by 22 years: the former is 55, the latter 77. Their face-off; ‘take up an attitude of confrontation, especially at the start of a fight or game’ began soon after Sidhu joined the party in the run-up to the 2017 assembly polls, and has continued unabated.
3.      The problem was that Sidhu’s presence in Pathankot during Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s roadshow rally, where they both addressed was as much a demonstration of his proximity to the Gandhi family. Till Priyanka Gandhi set foot in Punjab, he was absent from the poll campaign in the state. He went with her to Bhatinda and Gurdaspur, but did not electioneer in Amritsar, a constituency he twice represented in Parliament.
4.      If Sidhu has the ear of Rahul Gandhi, the Captain is no stranger to the Gandhi family as a friend of Rahul’s father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. An obvious sticking point between the two was the competitive zeal with which Sidhu paraded his proximity to Rahul Gandhi.
5.      Navjot Singh Sidhu the son of Sardar Bhagwant Singh, Sidhu's father Bhagwant Singh, a staunch Congressman, was a celebrated criminal lawyer in Patiala who became advocate-general of Punjab, who set up home in the city, Patiala. The families of Captain and Navjot Singh Sidhu have known each other. The relatively youthful Sidhu is quick-witted, has charisma, and is a slick (though sometimes over-the-top) public speaker. These attributes made him a natural successor to the CM Amarinder Singh.
6.      There are several other instances of Sidhu marching to his own drumbeat. Foremost among them was his visit, against the Captain’s advice, to Pakistan for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor.
7.      The General analogy Singh drew was a riposte to Sidhu’s refusal to accept him as his captain, or leader. His plaint: on being divested- ‘to take away something, especially status or power, from Sidhu’ of the local bodies’ portfolio, Sidhu did not take up work as the minister for power and renewable energy of Punjab.
8.     When his spouse Navjot Kaur blamed the Captain for being denied the Congress candidature from Chandigarh, Sidhu told the media that he “trusted” what his wife said. Singh responded with candour without rancour: “I wasn’t consulted about Chandigarh [which isn’t in Punjab]. If asked, I would’ve backed Pawan Bansal [who got the party ticket].” Extract courtesy by Hindustan Times, New Delhi.
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9.      The Congress Party in a Dilemma-Problem over Accepting Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Resignation
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The Points at Glance: By Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch
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Captain Amarinder Singh Unfettered Challenger to the Congress from the BJP
Politically sensitive files go ‘missing’ after Sidhu quits
By: Rajmeet Singh; Tribune News Service: Last Updated: July 19, 2019, 7:19 AM (IST): The Tribune; Chandigarh
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/politically-sensitive-files-go-missing-after-sidhu-quits/804147.html