Chandigarh, The reshuffle in Punjab’s top bureaucracy is considered to be a call for a big political stir. Just as Karan Avatar was relieved of his position as Chief Secretary two months before his retirement, Vinnie Mahajan was suddenly replaced, in the same way there can be startling changes in the state cabinet. Former minister Navjet Singh Sidhu, who has been in ‘unknown residence’ for a long time, may return to the Captain Amarinder Singh government. Discussions are on to appoint him as the Deputy Chief Minister.
After the top bureaucracy, now preparations for change in the cabinet
The discussion is that there is going to be a big reshuffle in the cabinet. The portfolios of some matriarchs may also change. Bureaucracy is assessing which ministers may be discharged and which ministers may be inducted into the cabinet.
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The most discussed is about Navjot Singh Sidhu. It is being said that he can return to the government by becoming deputy CM. Actually this discussion has started only after Navjot Singh Sidhu went to the Delhi Durbar of Congress. It is learned that he was in Delhi for the last few days and is pressurizing the party leaders to give him the local body department again.
Captain Amarinder Singh can give some of his departments including power to Sidhu
On the other hand, Chief Minister Captain Amarxidar Singh does not want to withdraw the charge of any minister and give it to Sidhu. Sources say that CM has offered him that he can take the electricity department. This department is with CM. Sidhu does not want to take this department. In May 2019, when the Captain removed him from the local bodies department and gave him the electricity department, he did not join.
Now the party wants to find the middle way. The discussion is that Navjot Sidhu will be made power secretary by making him deputy CM. This will increase his stature in the cabinet and no one will have to change his department. However, technically it is not easy to take this decision because the Congress has to focus on the caste equation as well.
Discussion about removal of Channi
The seat left by Navjot Singh Sidhu in the Captain’s cabinet is still vacant. Rana Gurjeet has also put pressure on the captain for this seat. Speaker Rana KP Singh is also in the race to become a minister. There is also a discussion that Charanjit Channi, who is often in controversy, should be removed from the post of minister and made a speaker.Â
