Chennai: The Congress leadership has adopted a wait and watch strategy after the sudden resignation of Navjot Singh Sidhu as Punjab Congress chief on Tuesday. It has not yet accepted his resignation and asked the State unit to resolve the issues.
Navjot Singh Sidhu has resigned as Punjab Congress chief, delivering a big shock to the Gandhis, who may have hoped that changing Chief Ministers would help end the turmoil in the state before elections early next year.
Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal termed Sidhu’s resignation letter as an ’emotional reaction’. ‘Everything will be okay,’ Venugopal said when asked about Sidhu’s resignation.
Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s new government ought to have been more careful in taking decisions and not precipitated the crisis in the Punjab Congress, according to an advisor to Navjot Singh Sidhu, the state party unit chief who resigned on Tuesday.