Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Convinced Rahul Gandhi To Meet Navjot Sidhu: Report

According to top sources, no meeting of Mr Sidhu and Rahul Gandhi was scheduled earlier. It was Priyanka Gandhi who took the initiative and convinced Rahul Gandhi to meet Sidhu.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra played the role of a crisis manager in making possible the meeting between party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday, said sources. According to top sources, no meeting of Mr Sidhu and Rahul Gandhi was scheduled earlier. It was Priyanka Gandhi who took the initiative and convinced Rahul Gandhi to meet Sidhu. Disgruntled Congress leader Mr Sidhu on Wednesday met the former Congress president in the national capital on Wednesday, in the backdrop of tumult in the Punjab unit of the party, ahead of next year's state Assembly elections. According to the sources, the meeting between Mr Sidhu and Rahul Gandhi, which lasted for over 45 minutes, can be seen as a "meeting of reconciliation" in the Punjab Congress.