Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation draws flak across party lines

Jul 15, 2019, 4:25 PM IST

Haryana: Haryana Cabinet minister Anil Vij slammed Navjot Singh Sidhu for submitting his resignation etter to former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who has himself resigned from the post. 

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation drew comments from Anil Vij, “He (Navjot Singh Sidhu) has given his resignation to Rahul Gandhi, who has already resigned from the party. He is a rejected product of the BJP and why will the party take back the rejected product."

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was sulking after being stripped of key portfolio in the Punjab Cabinet reshuffle in June, has resigned from the Amarinder Singh Cabinet.

The Congress minister took to Twitter on Sunday (July 14), to make his resignation letter (dated June 10) public. The letter was addressed to  the then Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

"I hereby resign as minister from Punjab Cabinet," Sidhu said in the letter to the then Congress chief, which he posted on his Twitter handle.