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Navjot Singh Sidhu-Amarinder Singh row reaches Rahul Gandhi's door

Given the crisis situation in Punjab state Congress, the Congress president finds himself in a tricky situation to sort out the power equation between Captain and Sidhu

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Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu whose ministerial rank was recently demoted by his rival, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, met party president Rahul Gandhi on Monday.

After meeting Rahul Gandhi, Sidhu tweeted, "Met the Congress President, handed him my letter, appraised him of the situation!" He also posted a picture in which he seen along with Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and senior leader Ahmed Patel.

Given the crisis situation in Punjab state Congress, the Congress president finds himself in a tricky situation to sort out the power equation between Captain and Sidhu.

The long prevailing tension between Punjab chief minister and Sidhu had come out in the open last month when Singh held cricketer-turned-politician's inept handling of the local government department for the poor performance of Congress in the urban areas in the Lok Sabha polls.

The chief minister had also said the urban votebank had been the backbone of the Congress in Punjab but Sidhu's failure to do any development work had impacted the party.

The face off led to Sidhu boycotting the cabinet meeting in which he was divested of the plum portfolio of crucial local bodies department and tourism and cultural affairs and given power and new and renewable energy sources portfolios.

After the ministry snub, Sidhu was also left out of eight consultative groups formed by the chief minister on Saturday to expedite implementation of the state government's schemes.

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