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Truce between Sidhu and Amrinder in view of Assembly polls
By IndianMandarins- 21 Aug 2021
951New Delhi (21.08.2021): A truce seems to have been arrived at in Punjab before the crucial Assembly elections with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and State Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu agreeing to set up a 10-member strategic policy group to ensure better coordination between the party and the government. This will also monitor how to expedite the implementation of various programmes. Amid the ongoing tussle between the two, the chief minister has deputed his ministers to sit at Congress Bhawan for interacting with the party cadre and public in another development. Congress working president Sonia Gandhi had already advised both Amrinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu that they must work together. The Group headed by the CM will have Local Government Minister Brahm Mohindra, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal and Social Security Minister Aruna Chaudhary as members along with Sidhu. The four state Congress working presidents -- Kuljit Singh Nagra, Sukhwinder Singh Danny, Sangat Singh Gilzian and Pawan Goel -- will also be its members. The decision was taken on Friday when Sidhu called on the chief minister to discuss Punjab-related issues and steps to strengthen party-government coordination. The Group will hold weekly meetings in consultation with other ministers and experts as may be required. It will discuss and review the progress of various state government initiatives already under implementation, and will also suggest measures to expedite the same. The CM has assigned his cabinet colleagues the task of being available in Punjab Congress Bhawan by rotation, for meetings with MLAs and other party functionaries to discuss issues relating to their constituencies or areas and address any grievances. One minister each will be available at the Congress Bhawan from Monday for three hours between 11 am and 2 pm, the roster for which has been put up by Sidhu on his Twitter handle, and in any case the minister deputed for a particular day is unable to make it for some reason, he or she shall arrange for a substitute in consultation with any other minister.
Truce between Sidhu and Amrinder in view of Assembly polls
By IndianMandarins - 2021-08-21 11:14:00
New Delhi (21.08.2021): A truce seems to have been arrived at in Punjab before the crucial Assembly elections with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and State Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu agreeing to set up a 10-member strategic policy group to ensure better coordination between the party and the government. This will also monitor how to expedite the implementation of various programmes.
Amid the ongoing tussle between the two, the chief minister has deputed his ministers to sit at Congress Bhawan for interacting with the party cadre and public in another development. Congress working president Sonia Gandhi had already advised both Amrinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu that they must work together. The Group headed by the CM will have Local Government Minister Brahm Mohindra, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal and Social Security Minister Aruna Chaudhary as members along with Sidhu.
The four state Congress working presidents -- Kuljit Singh Nagra, Sukhwinder Singh Danny, Sangat Singh Gilzian and Pawan Goel -- will also be its members. The decision was taken on Friday when Sidhu called on the chief minister to discuss Punjab-related issues and steps to strengthen party-government coordination.
The Group will hold weekly meetings in consultation with other ministers and experts as may be required. It will discuss and review the progress of various state government initiatives already under implementation, and will also suggest measures to expedite the same.
The CM has assigned his cabinet colleagues the task of being available in Punjab Congress Bhawan by rotation, for meetings with MLAs and other party functionaries to discuss issues relating to their constituencies or areas and address any grievances. One minister each will be available at the Congress Bhawan from Monday for three hours between 11 am and 2 pm, the roster for which has been put up by Sidhu on his Twitter handle, and in any case the minister deputed for a particular day is unable to make it for some reason, he or she shall arrange for a substitute in consultation with any other minister.
