Navjot Singh Sidhu writes to Sonia Gandhi on 13 issues

Two days after Navjot Singh Sidhu said his concerns had been resolved and Congress asserted that he would continue as Punjab Congress chief, he shared a letter he had written to party president Sonia Gandhi raising issues to be looked upon.

In the letter, Sidhu said, “After multiple deliberations and consultations with party workers from across Punjab…I express with a lot of pain in my heart that this is Punjab’s last chance for resurrection and redemption.”

In the letter, Mr Sidhu starts out by asserting that "this is Punjab's last chance for resurrection and redemption" and goes on to say that from being the richest state in the country at one point, Punjab is now the most indebted.

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Among the points highlighted by Sidhu in the letter are justice in sacrilege cases, Punjab’s drugs menace, agricultural issues, employment opportunities, sand mining, and welfare of backward classes, Single window system and comparative advantage, Women and youth empowerment, liquor, transport and cable mafia, he urged her to direct the state government to act in the interest of Punjab.

The state Congress chief mentions that this might be "the last damage control exercise" and if this fails, the "Mafia-Raj ruling the state patronized by the Badals" will take Punjab to the point of financial emergency, joblessness, corruption and agrarian crisis from which "there will be no return".

"Thus, I request you please kindly consider these points and give your august direction to the State Government to act in the best interests of the People of Punjab immediately," he writes.

The letter dated October 15, was shared by Sidhu on Twitter today.

Sidhu recently resigned as the president of Punjab Congress Committee, however, following the Congress central leadership’s intervention, he was asked to withdraw the resignation and continue with his duties, a decision by which he followed.

(With inputs from agencies)