Punjab Congress leader Sidhu meets ‘mentor’ Rahul, ‘guide’ Priyanka in Delhi

CHANDIGARH: Five days after being released from jail, Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu met his “mentor” Rahul Gandhi and “friend, philosopher, guide” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Delhi on Thursday.
“Met my mentor Rahul ji and friend, philosopher, guide Priyanka ji in New Delhi today (Thursday). You can jail me, intimidate me, block all my financial accounts but my commitment for Punjab and my leaders will neither flinch nor back an inch,” he said while tweeting a photograph.
The cricketer-turned-politician was released on April 1, after serving 10 months of a year’s term awarded to him over a 1988 road rage case. Sidelined after the 2022 assembly elections drubbing, he is looking for a new role in the party ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In the run-up to the assembly elections, Sidhu spoke against his own party and was very critical of the previous Congress government. Many Punjab Congress leaders see Sidhu’s acts as the main reason for the party’s defeat in the state assembly elections.
In May last year, Harish Chaudhary, AICC in-charge of Punjab affairs, had written a letter to then party president Sonia Gandhi after receiving a note from Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring regarding Sidhu’s activities, stressing that he cannot be allowed to portray himself “above the party”. To set an example for others, he even recommended that Sidhu be asked to explain why disciplinary proceedings should not be initiated against him.