Aditi Tandon
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, 19 July
A day after the appointment of former Amritsar MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu as Punjab Congress president against Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s protest, Singh’s wife Preneet Kaur, the party’s Patiala MP, engaged in an animated discussion with Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Had happened. .
A view from the gallery revealed that the two were talking for over seven minutes while the Speaker was paying tribute.
CM Amarinder Singh has not yet welcomed Sidhu being made the state president and has called MPs and MLAs for lunch on Wednesday.
Preneet Kaur’s conversation with Rahul comes after she held a meeting at former state chief Pratap Singh Bajwa’s residence yesterday, a day after she attended a meeting of nine Punjab MPs where she expressed concern about Sidhu’s promotion. Went.
The CM has sought an apology from the public for his “150 personally derogatory tweets” to meet Sidhu.
Sidhu has been meeting state leaders throughout the day since his appointment was announced late last night.