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In Sidhu saga, it's Rajiv's friend vs Priyanka's man

A senior Congress leader with a distaste for Amarinder's leadership said that Sidhu was the chosen one of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

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Sai Manish
The Congress in Punjab may be staring at a split, with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in his last tenure and inductee from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Navjot Singh Sidhu shooting off the Gandhi siblings’ shoulder eyeing the state party presidentship and the chief minister’s post. 

A senior Congress leader with a distaste for Amarinder’s leadership said that Sidhu was the chosen one of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and not Rahul Gandhi, to lead the party in the state in a post-Amarinder scenario. 

Navjot Singh Siddhu
Amarinder was drafted

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