Saswati Sarma
Chandigarh, September 29 : Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday chaired a state cabinet meeting at State Secretariat in Chandigarh , a day after Navjot Singh Sidhu abdicated from the post of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief, along with three other ministers.
In advance of the meeting, Punjab Minister Raj Kumar Verka said that the objective for the day was to take “big decisions regarding electricity”. Congress MLA Randeep Singh Nabha stated in the cabinet meeting that the party leaders discussed about how to resolve the Punjab crisis. ” We were not aware of Sidhu’s resignation and don’t know why he resigned from the post. If party selects new chief then we will accept it” , Nabha added.
Concurrently , Deputy Chief Minister S Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa claimed that Sidhu should work with the party to strengthen the state government. Sidhu, on the other hand , stated that he cannot compromise with his ethics and moral authority and mentioned that he didn’t want a “repeat of a system of tainted leaders and officers in the state”.