Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday, 23 May, said he intended to change the portfolio of Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for his “inept” handling of local bodies department.
He also blamed Sidhu for the losses that the Congress party suffered in urban areas of Punjab, especially Bathinda.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, the Congress won three seats in Punjab while the party managed to clench 78 of the 117 seats in the state Assembly in 2017.
The chief minister said the urban vote bank had been the backbone of the party in the state but Sidhu’s failure to do any development work had impacted the Congress, which had performed well this time in rural areas.