Sidhu serves newT&C to Cong,Govt,takes back resignation

Navjot Singh Sidhu has taken back his resignation as Punjab Congress chief after serving ultimatum to his party and the Channi government. Talking to media in Chandigarh on Friday,Sidhu said he would return to his office "when a new Advocate General is appointed." The day the panel for the appointment of a new DGP comes, I will go to the Punjab Congress office. It is not a question of ego. These (appointments to the two posts) are the means to achieve the goal in two most important cases.”

He said that all he was asking was what the Channi government had done in the past 50 days for ensuring justice in the sacrilege cases and making reports in the drug cases public. “What is happening? I have been asking these questions from day one and raising these issues regularly.” Sidhu went a step further and said: “After three special investigation teams (SITs), seven first information reports (FIRs), two commissions and six years of the sacrilege cases, are these the only officers you could find? If you cannot make the special task force (STF) report public, give it to the party (Congress), I will do it. The high command has no issues with making the report public.”

Advocate General APS Deol had handed over his resignation to the Chief Minister on Monday following repeated attacks from Sidhu, who wants him out for representing two accused cops in a sacrilege and police firing case of 2015. The state government has yet to clarify whether or not the resignation has been accepted. Sources say Channi has refused to accept it, which has infuriated  Sidhu even more.Sidhu resigned in September over his objections to the appointments made by the man who replaced his rival Amarinder Singh as Chief Minister - Charanjit Singh Channi.