Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday appointed his close associate and Jalandhar Cantt MLA Pargat Singh as PPCC general secretary (organisation). “With the approval of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, AICC general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal and Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat, I hereby appoint Pargat Singh as Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary, organisation, with immediate effect,” Sidhu tweeted. While Mustafa declined the offer, Mali landed into a controversy over his social media post against Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh. By getting Pargat, a two-time MLA, appointed as party general secretary, Sidhu has only fortified his hold on the state Congress unit, in which his associates and confidants are now holding key positions. A former captain of the Indian national hockey team, Pargat Singh, in more ways than one, shares the same wavelength with Sidhu as far as politics is concerned.

Source: Indian Express August 16, 2021 21:11 UTC