CHANDIGARH: Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said that senior party leader and former minister Ashwani Sekhri will stay in Congress and there was no question of his leaving the party.
Sekhri was about to join SAD tomorrow but Congress leader and MLA Raj Kumar Verka reached Sekhri home and persuaded him to stay in Congress. Verka also arranged call between Sekhri and Capt Amarinder Singh. He also understoot to have spoken to Rahul Gandhi.
Chief Minister said he spoke to Sekhri today and assured him that all his concerns will be addressed. He said, Sekhri was a dyed in wool Congressman who had spent his whole life with the party and all the rumours about his leaving the party were baseless.
Capt Amarinder disclosed that Sekhri strongly denied the reports circulated in a section of media that he was leaving the party and joining some other party. Sekhri assured the Chief Minister that he was a committed and dedicated Congressman, who can never ever imagine of leaving the party.
The Chief Minister also cleared all his apprehensions and assured him that he was a very senior leader of the party who had contributed a lot towards it. It is the party's duty and responsibility to watch and safeguard the interests of all senior leaders, Capt Amarinder added.