'Submitted note to Sonia as meeting with Sidhu ends'

NEW DELHI: It seems Chief Minister Amarinder Singh resistance on appointing Navjot Singh Sidhu as the Punjab President has worked and the meeting between Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Harish Rawat and Sidhu on Friday ended early, sources said. After the meeting Harish Rawat said, "I have submitted a note to the party president and as she decides it will be made public." When asked Sidhu will be made party president, Rawat responded: "Who said Sidhu will be made party president". Sidhu, after leaving from Sonia Gandhi's residence at 10 Janpath did not speak to the media.

Earlier, at noon disgruntled Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu and Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat reached at 10 Janpath to meet Sonia Gandhi. The meeting came in the wake of speculation that Sidhu is likely to be made the state president, which had upset Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, sources said. (IANS)

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