Amid Punjab churn, Chhattisgrah Congress MLAs in Delhi to meet high command

Amid crisis in the Punjab unit of Congress with Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation, uncertainty seems to be looming =over the Chhattisgarh leadership as 15 MLAs reached Delhi on Wednesday and sought a meeting with the party high command.

The MLAs belong to Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s camp and are expected to meet the Congress leadership and inform them about the prevailing political situation.

The MLAs, several of whom are said to be staying at Chhattisgarh Bhawan, are led by Brahaspat Singh, a senior MLA and Bhupesh Baghel loyalist, who had an ugly face-off earlier with health minister TS Singh Deo and had even accused the latter of plotting to eliminate him.

A regional news portal quoted MLA Singh as saying that 60 MLAs have assured written support to Baghel who according to him was “doing good as a leader”.