Navjot Sidhu at it again, threatens hunger strike against Channi government

This is a major offensive by Navjot Singh Sidhu against the Charanjit Singh Channi government as the Congress chief of the state unit said he will go on hunger strike if the Congress government does not publish reports on drug menace and the sacrilege incident.

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday said he will go on a hunger strike against the state government if the Congress government does not make public the reports on drug menace and the sacrilege incident. Accusing his own government is not new for Sidhu as the Congress chief, in past, too seemingly carried out the role of 'conscience' as he continuously criticised the Amarinder Singh government leading to a major upheaval in the state as Amarinder Singh's government was toppled. As Charanjit Singh Channi became the new chief minister, Sidhu continued his "war against injustice" while the apparent cracks between Channi and Sidhu regarding appointments were papered over.

Navjot Sidhu was addressing the Congress workers in Bagha Purana, Moga

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With a few months left before the elections, which will be more interesting this time because of the Amarinder Singh factor, Sidhu has become active on social media and is tweeting about the policies that he catalysed. On Thursday, Sidhu said he proposed a new law to recover stolen state taxes from Fastway, a cable TV company, by taking control over computers and data hidden by the company. Sidhu said it could have freed the cable operators from the clutches of this monopoly by Fastway and filled the state coffers. But Captain Amarinder Singh stalled his proposal, Sidhu tweeted.

With that episode left behind, this is another major offensive by Sidhu against the Channi government, which indicates that the infighting between Congress in Punjab is far from over though Amarinder Singh has quit the party.