<p>Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday appointed Jalandhar Cantonment legislator Pargat Singh as Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) general secretary.</p>.<p>A close aide of Sidhu, Singh has been a vocal critic of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and the functioning of the state government.</p>.<p>In the past, he has questioned his party's government over several issues including the alleged delay in justice in cases of desecration of a religious text and the subsequent police firing in Faridkot in 2015.</p>.<p>"With the approval of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, AICC general secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal and Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat, I hereby appoint Pargat Singh as PPCC General Secretary (Organisation) with immediate effect," Sidhu said in a statement.</p>.<p>Singh, a former Indian hockey captain, had joined the Congress ahead of the 2017 Punjab Assembly polls after quitting the Shiromani Akali Dal.</p>.<p>The announcement of Singh's appointment comes days after Sidhu appointed four advisors.</p>.<p>On August 11, the Punjab Congress chief appointed Lok Sabha MP Amar Singh, former IPS officer Mohammad Mustafa, social activist Pyare Lal Garg and a retired government teacher Malwinder Singh Mali as his advisors.</p>.<p>However, Mustafa, husband of Cabinet minister Razia Sultana, declined to accept the offer.</p>
<p>Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday appointed Jalandhar Cantonment legislator Pargat Singh as Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) general secretary.</p>.<p>A close aide of Sidhu, Singh has been a vocal critic of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and the functioning of the state government.</p>.<p>In the past, he has questioned his party's government over several issues including the alleged delay in justice in cases of desecration of a religious text and the subsequent police firing in Faridkot in 2015.</p>.<p>"With the approval of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, AICC general secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal and Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat, I hereby appoint Pargat Singh as PPCC General Secretary (Organisation) with immediate effect," Sidhu said in a statement.</p>.<p>Singh, a former Indian hockey captain, had joined the Congress ahead of the 2017 Punjab Assembly polls after quitting the Shiromani Akali Dal.</p>.<p>The announcement of Singh's appointment comes days after Sidhu appointed four advisors.</p>.<p>On August 11, the Punjab Congress chief appointed Lok Sabha MP Amar Singh, former IPS officer Mohammad Mustafa, social activist Pyare Lal Garg and a retired government teacher Malwinder Singh Mali as his advisors.</p>.<p>However, Mustafa, husband of Cabinet minister Razia Sultana, declined to accept the offer.</p>