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[Shorts] Sources reveal real reason behind Sidhu-Amarinder Singh conflict
The Punjab Congress conflict has finally turned the corner. While many were surprised at the end result, keen political observers and experts had expected this to happen. With his resignation as the Chief Minister on Saturday, he has now paved way for not only a new CM in the form of Charanjit Singh Channi, but also provided Navjot Singh Sidhu to take over the reins of the Punjab Congress.
The rumblings between the two have been going on for a while with Sidhu labelling the former Chief Minister as nonchalant while Amarinder Singh has repeatedly referred to Sidhu as incompetent. The battle was thrown out in the open after Sidhu, a former BJP MLA, was asked to take over the leadership of the Punjab Congress a few months ago.
While having bad blood with another politician from another party or even within the same party is not uncommon, what surprised everyone was that the former Indian cricketer did not even wait to get acclimatised with his new environment before going on the offensive against his own Chief Minister. Amarinder Singh had always warned everyone that Sidhu was not to be trusted and that he had ulterior motives.
Our sources who had privy of the information flow within each camp told us that at the root of it, the issues were quite silly. The one person they both believed would play the role of a neutral mediator, Rahul Gandhi, had already picked sides and was busy consolidating his position within the Indian National Congress.
“The issue is so childish,” said our source. “If you remember, Sidhu always had issues playing under captains during his career as a cricketer. He had even walked out of a series midway after an argument with the then captain Mohammed Azharuddin. Amarinder Singh used to be a captain in the Indian Army. He preferred to be called Captain as well. This did not sit well with Sidhu who had built an aversion to that word and the person holding the position… Rest is history.”
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/09/20/sources-reveal-real-reason-behind-sidhu-amarinder-singh-conflict/
The rumblings between the two have been going on for a while with Sidhu labelling the former Chief Minister as nonchalant while Amarinder Singh has repeatedly referred to Sidhu as incompetent. The battle was thrown out in the open after Sidhu, a former BJP MLA, was asked to take over the leadership of the Punjab Congress a few months ago.
While having bad blood with another politician from another party or even within the same party is not uncommon, what surprised everyone was that the former Indian cricketer did not even wait to get acclimatised with his new environment before going on the offensive against his own Chief Minister. Amarinder Singh had always warned everyone that Sidhu was not to be trusted and that he had ulterior motives.
Our sources who had privy of the information flow within each camp told us that at the root of it, the issues were quite silly. The one person they both believed would play the role of a neutral mediator, Rahul Gandhi, had already picked sides and was busy consolidating his position within the Indian National Congress.
“The issue is so childish,” said our source. “If you remember, Sidhu always had issues playing under captains during his career as a cricketer. He had even walked out of a series midway after an argument with the then captain Mohammed Azharuddin. Amarinder Singh used to be a captain in the Indian Army. He preferred to be called Captain as well. This did not sit well with Sidhu who had built an aversion to that word and the person holding the position… Rest is history.”
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/09/20/sources-reveal-real-reason-behind-sidhu-amarinder-singh-conflict/
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By NITTEN NAIRThe Punjab Congress conflict has finally turned the corner. While many were surprised at the end result, keen political observers and experts had expected this to happen. With his resignation as the Chief Minister on Saturday, he has now paved way for not only a new CM in the form of Charanjit Singh Channi, but also provided Navjot Singh Sidhu to take over the reins of the Punjab Congress.
The rumblings between the two have been going on for a while with Sidhu labelling the former Chief Minister as nonchalant while Amarinder Singh has repeatedly referred to Sidhu as incompetent. The battle was thrown out in the open after Sidhu, a former BJP MLA, was asked to take over the leadership of the Punjab Congress a few months ago.
While having bad blood with another politician from another party or even within the same party is not uncommon, what surprised everyone was that the former Indian cricketer did not even wait to get acclimatised with his new environment before going on the offensive against his own Chief Minister. Amarinder Singh had always warned everyone that Sidhu was not to be trusted and that he had ulterior motives.
Our sources who had privy of the information flow within each camp told us that at the root of it, the issues were quite silly. The one person they both believed would play the role of a neutral mediator, Rahul Gandhi, had already picked sides and was busy consolidating his position within the Indian National Congress.
“The issue is so childish,” said our source. “If you remember, Sidhu always had issues playing under captains during his career as a cricketer. He had even walked out of a series midway after an argument with the then captain Mohammed Azharuddin. Amarinder Singh used to be a captain in the Indian Army. He preferred to be called Captain as well. This did not sit well with Sidhu who had built an aversion to that word and the person holding the position… Rest is history.”
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/09/20/sources-reveal-real-reason-behind-sidhu-amarinder-singh-conflict/
The rumblings between the two have been going on for a while with Sidhu labelling the former Chief Minister as nonchalant while Amarinder Singh has repeatedly referred to Sidhu as incompetent. The battle was thrown out in the open after Sidhu, a former BJP MLA, was asked to take over the leadership of the Punjab Congress a few months ago.
While having bad blood with another politician from another party or even within the same party is not uncommon, what surprised everyone was that the former Indian cricketer did not even wait to get acclimatised with his new environment before going on the offensive against his own Chief Minister. Amarinder Singh had always warned everyone that Sidhu was not to be trusted and that he had ulterior motives.
Our sources who had privy of the information flow within each camp told us that at the root of it, the issues were quite silly. The one person they both believed would play the role of a neutral mediator, Rahul Gandhi, had already picked sides and was busy consolidating his position within the Indian National Congress.
“The issue is so childish,” said our source. “If you remember, Sidhu always had issues playing under captains during his career as a cricketer. He had even walked out of a series midway after an argument with the then captain Mohammed Azharuddin. Amarinder Singh used to be a captain in the Indian Army. He preferred to be called Captain as well. This did not sit well with Sidhu who had built an aversion to that word and the person holding the position… Rest is history.”
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/09/20/sources-reveal-real-reason-behind-sidhu-amarinder-singh-conflict/