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Has Navjot Singh Sidhu driven final nail in the coffin for Punjab Congress?

After Amarinder's exit, the party's prospects in Punjab under Sidhu's leadership is uncertain

Amarinder Singh, one of the Congress’ powerful regional satraps, put in his papers after speaking to the party president
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Amarinder Singh, one of the Congress’ powerful regional satraps, put in his papers after speaking to the party president

Sai Manish
In the end, Amarinder Singh’s was the most unceremonious of all exits. What was to be a churning turned out to be an implosion culminating in a coup of sorts initiated a couple of years ago by former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member Navjot Sidhu. After resigning as CM, Amarinder vented his spleen at Sidhu, describing him as an “incompetent, disastrous, dangerous, unstable, anti-national” character dilly-dallying with the Pakistanis, including their army chief.
 
Amarinder’s exit was perhaps evident when a three-member committee of the Congress high command submitted its report on the infighting and dismal state of affairs in

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