Khadoor Sahib bypoll: Will go by party decision, says former Cong MLA
Congress leader and former Khadoor Sahib legislator Ramanjit Singh Sikki said on Wednesday here that he would abide by the party decision about the by-election ticket in his assembly segment.
“Since I am engaged in sewa (volunteer service) at Darbar Sahib, I could not meet PPCC (Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee) president Captain Amarinder Singh or speak to him on the issue,” he said, adding that he performed sewa every year this month and could not break his routine. “I had no idea the by-election would be announced at the same time,” he claimed.
Sikki said he would take time out to meet the PPCC president. “Whatever the high command and he decide, I will abide by that decision,” he said.
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