CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday appointed two media advisers, Jagtar Singh Sidhu and Surinder Dalla, after naming four earlier, of which former IPS officer Mohammad Mustafa declined the offer.
Both media advisers are from the electronic media, while Jagtar is also a veteran print journalist. Ever since Sidhu resigned from the Punjab council of ministers in 2019, the former cricketer is off the press largely, except for a few interviews, and uses Twitter and Facebook to share his opinion with the public. Already his party apponted four working presidents, while he has appointed his confidant, MLA and former hockey captain Pargat Singh, as general secretary (organisation). A complete Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) is yet to be announced.
Under Sidhu’s letterhead in a viral social media post, the name of another TV journalist with first name as Jagtar was mentioned, apparently due to a confusion. Sidhu’s office tweeted a new letter. The journalist concerned went on Facebook to clarify that he wanted to remain an active TV journalist and his name had appeared by mistake. “I am a free journalist and have nothing to do with any party,” he stated in the post.
