In first show of strength, Navjot Singh Sidhu visits Golden Temple with 62 MLAs

Earlier in the day, the 62 Congress MLAs gathered at Sidhu's Amritsar residence and reached the Golden Temple complex in two chartered luxury buses. On reaching the Golden Temple, they were given a warm welcome by the party functionaries.

New Delhi: In a first show of solidarity after his name was announced as the state party chief, Punjab Congress unit President Navjot Singh Sidhu, accompanying 62 legislators, comprising many state Cabinet ministers, on Wednesday (July 21) paid his obeisance at the Amritsar's Golden Temple. However, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who is upset with Sidhu over his purported remarks against his government over the power crisis and the sacrilege issue, and his close confidants, were conspicuously absent from Sidhu's maiden visit to his constituency and religious places in the city after assuming the charge as the state chief. However, past state President Sunil Jakhar was accompanying cricketer-turned politician Sidhu. Sidhu will assume the new charge on Friday. After paying obeisance at the Golden Temple, Sidhu and the legislators will be visiting the Durgiana Mandir and Ram Tirath Sthal, both prominent Hindu sites. Earlier in the day, the 62 Congress MLAs gathered at Sidhu's Amritsar residence and reached the Golden Temple complex in two chartered luxury buses. On reaching the Golden Temple, they were given a warm welcome by the party functionaries.