{"id":333993,"date":"2021-09-30T04:24:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T09:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=333993"},"modified":"2021-09-30T04:42:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T10:12:09","slug":"sidhu-to-meet-punjabs-cm-channi-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/sidhu-to-meet-punjabs-cm-channi-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Navjot Sidhu to meet Punjab\u2019s CM Channi today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333994\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/navbharat-times.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/09\/navbharat-times.png 680w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/09\/navbharat-times-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/09\/navbharat-times-80x60.png 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/09\/navbharat-times-265x198.png 265w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/09\/navbharat-times-560x420.png 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amidst chaos in the Punjab Congress, Navjot Singh Sidhu will today meet Punjab\u2019s chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After leaving the post of Punjab Congress president, for the first time Navjot Sidhu will meet Punjab CM Channi to resolve issues through talks. It is believed that if a decision is taken on the monolithic appointments opposed by Sidhu, then Sidhu can withdraw the resignation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sidhu said in his tweet, \u201cChief Minister has invited me for talks\u2026 will reciprocate by reaching Punjab Bhawan, Chandigarh at 3.00 PM today, and he is welcome for any discussions!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Navjot Sidhu released a video message on Wednesday amid the ongoing crises in Punjab politics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After resignation, Sidhu said in his first statement said, \u201cMy fight is for the people of Punjab. I will keep fighting the fight for truth till my last breath and the fight for truth will continue. I will fight the battle of truth, cannot let the high command be misled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further said, \u201cDear Punjabis, 17 years of political journey has been done with a purpose. To improve the life of the people of Punjab and do politics of issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis was my religion and this is my duty, I have not fought any personal battle, my fight is for issues, Punjab has an agenda of its own. With this agenda, I will keep fighting for this; there is no compromise for this. My father has taught only one thing, when difficulties arise, fight only for truth\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sidhu resigned from the post of state Congress president on 28 September after Channi became the Chief Minister of Punjab on 20 September.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst chaos in the Punjab Congress, Navjot Singh Sidhu will today meet Punjab\u2019s chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi. After leaving the post of Punjab Congress president, for the first time Navjot Sidhu will meet Punjab CM Channi to resolve issues through talks. It is believed that if a decision is taken on the monolithic appointments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":333994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,36,1801],"tags":[11744,5349],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333993"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334001,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333993\/revisions\/334001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/333994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}