Friday, March 29, 2024

Amarinder recalls his first meeting with Sidhu: “He put a bottle in front of me”

Taking the case of arch-rival Navjot Singh Sidhu, Amarinder Singh recalled to Republic TV the time when Sonia Gandhi asked him if the cricketer-turned-batsman should be included in the party. 

“I told her, he is a Patiala boy but I haven’t met him for a long time. I will meet him and let you know. So I ringed him and offered to meet. Lunch was fixed in Imperial Delhi,” the former Punjab CM further recalled. 

Narrating the events of that day, Amarinder Singh said, “He (Sidhu) told me that I won’t eat in the dining room, so I requested the hotel staff and they got our food to the room. In the room, he took out a bottle and kept it right in front of me. I asked him what it was, and he replied I don’t talk without drinking.”

Then we began talking. He told me that he meditates for 6 hours, I asked him how and he replied- ‘6 hours in the morning, 6 hours at night. 2 hours I meditate and 1 hour I speak to God. Just like we are talking right now, about the economy of India, how is the world going,” the former Punjab CM further said, adding that he went back and told Sonia Gandhi that Sidhu was crazy and to keep him away from the party.

“However, he was made the President of the party in 3 months,” a shocked Captain said. 

After quitting Congress, the former CM established his own party under the name- Punjab Lok Congress. The party is fighting in alliance with the BJP in the Punjab elections, which is scheduled to take place in a single phase on February 20. The counting of votes will take place on March 10. 

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