The appointment of Sidhu as the new Punjab Congress Chief is being looked at as a plaster solution to fix the recently developed cracks in the state’s leadership just ahead of the assembly elections.
Cricketers Yashpal Sharma and Chetan Chauhan had faced an angry mob to save Sikh players Sidhu, Yograj Singh and Rajinder Ghai during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
"His visit is a political stunt. How many times has he come here in the last 4 years? He should pay a visit to Harmandir Sahib and go back", Congress leader Saurabh Madan said.