New Delhi, August 1: After reports emerged that Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has resigned as Punjab minister, may be appointed as Congress's Delhi unit, the party on Wednesday said no discussion had been held to fill the vacant post. Quoting unnamed sources, news agency ANI reported that Navjot Singh Sidhu's name was suggested for Delhi's Congress President post which fell vacant following Sheila Dikshit's demise last month.

"It is likely to be decided after the national party president is finalised. There is a potential possibility that Sidhu is given the Delhi PCC responsibility," ANI quoted the sources as saying. Reacting to the report, Congress Delhi in-charge, PC Chacko, said: "There is no such discussion in my knowledge. No meeting of the (Delhi unit) has taken place so far to decide on the Delhi Congress chief's post."

Sidhu, who represents Amritsar East in Punjab assembly, sent his resignation to Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on July 15 after he was shifted from the Local Government ministry to the Power, New, and Renewable Energy Resources portfolio. Amarinder Singh has accepted Sidhu's resignation after which the cricketer-turned-politician went off the grid.

Singh and Sidhu had been at loggerheads since his controversial visit to Pakistan for the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan last year where he had hugged the Pakistan Army Chief leading to a huge controversy back home.

The rift further widened during the Lok Sabha polls when Sidhu and his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu accused the chief minister of having a hand in the denial of ticket to her from either Chandigarh or Amritsar Lok Sabha seat.

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