Murmurs of Amarinder Singh jumping ship further rock Congress boat

Present CM's recent moves also make his reluctance to let Sidhu become eminence grise very clear

On a day of swift-moving developments, around 30 minutes before former Punjab chief minister (CM) Amarinder Singh was to meet Home Minister Amit Shah, Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from his position as state chief of the Congress, a job he got in July.

In his letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Sidhu, the man responsible for having Amarinder Singh ousted, said his actions stemmed from ‘the compromise corner’, suggesting the new Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi might have been too independent-minded for Sidhu’s liking.

“The collapse of a man’s character stems from the compromise corner. I can never compromise on