Sidhu appoints Mustafa as his principal strategic adviser

Sidhu had on August 11 named the former IPS officer as one of his four advisers, but Mustafa turned the offer, stating that he did not fit the role

Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday appointed retired IPS officer Mohammad Mustafa as his principal strategic adviser with immediate effect. The appointment was announced a week after Mustafa had declined to take up the role of an adviser to the state Congress chief.

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu with his newly appointed principal strategic adviser Mohammad Mustafa and his wife and cabinet minister Razia Sultana on Thursday. (Twitter)

Sidhu had on August 11 named the former IPS officer as one of his four advisers, but Mustafa turned the offer, stating that he did not fit the role.

In a release, the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) said he would also act as a PCC coordinator with the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on issues pertaining to his domain and any other matters that the president may deem fit.

“Love to be associated with Razia Ji and Mustafa sahib,” Sidhu posted on Twitter along with his photo with the couple. Mustafa’s wife Razia Sultana is a cabinet minister.

A retired IPS officer of the 1985 batch, Mustafa was among those superseded by 1987-batch officer Dinkar Gupta when the latter was appointed the state police chief by the Amarinder Singh government in February 2019.