Navjot Sidhu allotted seat in 2nd row

CHADIGARH: Even as speculations are rife over Navjot Sidhu not attending the monsoon session the former Cabinet minister and Amritsar East MLA has been allocated a seat in the second row on the treasury benches next to Ludhiana North MLA Rakesh Pandey

Updated At : 12:23 PM Aug 02, 2019 IST

Navjot Sidhu

Chadigarh, August 1

Even as speculations are rife over Navjot Sidhu not attending the monsoon session, the former Cabinet minister and Amritsar (East) MLA has been allocated a seat in the second row on the treasury benches, next to Ludhiana (North) MLA Rakesh Pandey.

Being a senior leader, Sidhu has been allocated the seat next to Pandey, who is among the senior-most MLAs in the party. “The sitting arrangement has been finalised in consultation with Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh,” said sources in the party.

A senior leader said though it was not sure that Sidhu would attend the session or not, his presence would certainly provoke the Opposition benches to train guns.

To discuss the session beginning on Friday, the CM is learnt to have held parleys with Speaker Rana KP Singh and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Brahm Mohindra.

The CM is expected to call a meeting to discuss the party’s strategy in wake of the Opposition taking on the benches on the CBI closure report in the Bargari case. —TNS