In what is seen as a show of strength, nearly 60 Congress MLAs gathered at the residence of new state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in Amritsar on Wednesday, amid a suspense over a possible truce between him and CM Amarinder Singh. The Congress has 80 MLAs in the state Assembly.

Sidhu and Amarinder Singh has been at loggerheads for the past some time, with the Amritsar (East) MLA recently attacking the CM over the desecration cases. The CM was also averse to his appointment as the state Congress chief. After Sidhu’s elevation, he had said that he won’t meet him until the cricketer-turned-politician apologises for his “derogatory” tweets against him. But several MLAs said Sidhu doesn’t have to apologise to Singh.