NEW DELHI: A day after meeting Union home minister Amit Shah, former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday met National Security Advisor Ajit Doval at his residence in Delhi.
Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday called on home minister Amit Shah at the latter’s residence in Delhi, boosting speculation about the Congress leader breaking away to form his own party or aligning with BJP ahead of Punjab elections.
After his meeting that lasted for about 45 minutes, Singh tweeted “met Union home minister Amit Shahji in Delhi. Discussed the prolonged farmers’ agitation against farm laws and urged him to resolve the crisis urgently with the repeal of the laws & guarantee MSP, besides supporting Punjab in crop diversification. #NoFarmersNoFood.”

The meeting comes in the backdrop of Singh choosing to meet the home minister at a time when Congress, his party, is in the throes of a crisis in Punjab after Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as the state party chief.

Meanwhile, Sidhu announced that he will be meeting Punjab chief minister on Thursday evening.
“Chief minister has invited me for talks … will reciprocate by reaching Punjab Bhawan, Chandigarh at 3pm today, he is welcome for any discussions,” Sidhu said on Twitter.

Amarinder Singh had resigned as chief minister on September 18 and had told the media that the Congress leadership had let him down. He had also taken a dig at Sidhu over his resignation, saying he is not a stable man.
Sidhu’s resignation as state party chief has intensified the crisis in the Punjab Congress and triggered discussions and deliberations in the party. A minister and three Congress leaders, considered close to him, stepped down from their posts delivering.