Amid an intense power struggle within the Punjab Congress, Malvinder Singh Mali quit as Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu’s adviser after his controversial remarks created a major row and the party threatened to dismiss him if Sidhu failed to remove him.
Mali had invited the ire of the State party affairs’ general secretary in-charge Harish Rawat as well as the Congress high command over his views on Article 370 and Kashmir, and a sketch of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi terming her a “tormentor”.
After he refused to withdraw the posts, Sidhu was advised by Rawat to sack Mali. Sidhu had, however, dug his heels in.