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Navjot Kaur Sidhu said her husband Navjot Singh Sidhu will return to active politics only if Congress declares him its Punjab CM face. She criticised infighting in the state unit, alleged money influences leadership choices, and insisted Sidhu could transform Punjab if empowered

Congress' Moga in-charge Malvika Sood, who had unsuccessfully contested the 2022 Punjab assembly polls from the Moga seat, had also asked party workers not to attend the rally.

"Petty perish pump politics loaded with selfish vested interests should be discarded for safeguarding our DEMOCRACY," he posted on X.

In a one-line resignation to party President Sonia Gandhi, Sidhu wrote, "I hereby resign as President (PPCC)."

After taking charge at the state Congress headquarters, the cricketer-turned-politician said there is no difference between an ordinary worker of the party and its state unit chief.

Gandhi underscored the need for improving the food procurement and Public Distribution System and acknowledged that they had shortcomings.