Sonia Gandhi claimed keeping Amarinder Singh on in Punjab was “her blunder and mistake of judgement”, resources stated.
At the Congress Working Board (CWC) meeting on Sunday, party principal Sonia Gandhi said that securing former Punjab Chief Priest Amarinder Singh despite a growing pushback versus him within the celebration’s state unit was a “mistake”, resources have actually informed NDTV.
The Congress held a marathon meeting for nearly 5 hrs on Sunday to explore its tragic performance in the 5 state elections recently that consisted of the party shedding among the last three states it ruled by itself.
When an elderly leader questioned the timing of Amarinder Singh’s removal as Chief Priest, late in 2014, stating it must have been done much earlier and was very severely dealt with, Sonia Gandhi stepped in as well as claimed she was to be criticized as she shielded him for a very long time, sources said.
“She confessed that it was her blunder as well as error of judgment to have permitted him to continue as Principal Minister,” NDTV was informed by an event leader who participated in the meeting that reposed its belief in the Gandhis as its captains.
After months of internal wrangling in between Amarinder Singh as well as the party’s state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, the former Principal Minister was asked to tip down in September, with just 5 months to go for the elections that were kept in February.
He released a brand-new party, the Punjab Lok Congress, and also fought the political elections with the BJP, stopping working to win a solitary seat including his veteran stronghold of Patiala.
After Captain Singh’s separation, the Congress was besieged by an additional surreptitious competition in between his follower Charanjit Singh Channi and Navjot Singh Sidhu that caused a tug-of-war for the party’s Chief Ministerial nomination.
That fight was settled by senior leader Rahul Gandhi, much less than 2 weeks before the elections, who picked Mr Channi, commending him as the “child of an inadequate household” while his nephew came under anti-corruption raids.
The Congress racked up just 18 seats out of 117 while the eight-year-old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) obtained 92, shutting a sensational move led by Delhi Principal Minister Arvind Kejriwal and also his Punjab candidate Bhagwant Mann.
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Last Updated: 15 March 2022
