Both leaders have not been on the best terms since May last year when the CM accused the former cricketer of “inept handling” by the Department of Local Government, alleging that it resulted in “poor performance” of Congress in urban areas during the 2019. Lok Sabha center.
Sidhu was stripped of key portfolios in a cabinet shakeup, after which he resigned from the state cabinet and stayed away from all congressional activities.
Amarinder Singh had invited the cricketer-turned-politician for lunch on Tuesday.
According to a media adviser to the prime minister, the two leaders spent an hour together at Amarinder Singh’s residence here and shared thoughts on various topics.
“It was a warm and friendly lunch in which CM @capt_amarinder and Navjot Singh Sidhu discussed a number of important political issues of national and Punjab concern. The two leaders spent over an enjoyable hour sharing thoughts on vital issues, ”the media adviser tweeted.
It was a warm and friendly lunch meeting in which CM @capt_amarinder and Navjot Singh Sidhu discussed a number of important things … https://t.co/sXzxk6Cy6s
– Raveen Thukral (@RT_MediaAdvPbCM) 1606293157000
Earlier, Sidhu had made a public appearance at a “tractor rally” against the Center’s farm laws in Moga last month where the party leader Rahul gandhiAmarinder Singh and others were also in attendance.
Sidhu attended the “tractor rally” after the AICC secretary general Harish Rawat I met him at his residence in Amritsar.
With Rawat pushing for a role for Sidhu in the state, party circles are full of speculation about the possibility of Sidhu being reinstated in the state cabinet.
Harish Rawat had dubbed it the “Rafale” of Congress and said that the worst critic of the MLA Congress cannot deny its usefulness.
Tensions between the two leaders appeared to have lessened when the CM praised the Amritsar MLA for the way it spoke in the assembly after the congressional government introduced a resolution and introduced bills against the farm laws last month.
Earlier this month, Sidhu had attended a sit-in led by the prime minister in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
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