'Those on Top Want a Weak CM,' Says Sidhu; Aide Clarifies He Meant Centre

The Congress is likely to announce the party's CM candidate in Punjab on Sunday, 6 February.

Ahead of the Congress’ announcement on the party’s chief ministerial candidate for Punjab Assembly polls, its state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said in Amritsar on Friday, 4 February, that “those at the top” want a weak chief minister who can dance to their tunes.

Soon after his speech, Sidhu’s media adviser Surinder Dalla, however, clarified that his statements were being unnecessarily twisted and that the Congress leader was referring to the Centre, and not the Congress party high command when he said that “they” wanted a weak CM in Punjab, reported The Indian Express.

Sidhu, one of the top contenders for Congress’ CM face, had said in Punjabi:

"People at the top want a weak CM who can dance to their tunes...Do you want such a CM?"

Navjot Singh Sidhu