CHANDIGARH — The simmering tension between Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his cabinet colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu was out in the open again on Sunday with the former accusing the cricketer-turned-politician of damaging the Congress with his “irresponsible actions” just before polls. Though Singh stressed that he had no personal differences with the Punjab tourism and cultural affairs minister, yet he said Sidhu was perhaps “ambitious” and “wanted to be the chief minister”. “If he (Sidhu) was a real Congressmen, he should have chosen a better time to air his grievances, instead of just ahead of voting in Punjab,” the chief minister said here. “He is harming the party with such irresponsible actions. Singh’s statement criticising one of his own ministers came on a day when all the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab went to the polls.

Source: Huffington Post May 19, 2019 11:15 UTC