Congress appoints Amarinder Singh Raja Warring as party's Punjab chief
Shgun S
April 10th 2022 08:12 AM --
Updated:
April 10th 2022 08:20 AM
New Delhi, April 10: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday appointed Amarinder Singh Brar (Raja Warring) as the party's new Punjab unit chief, in place of Navjot Singh Sidhu. The party also named former Rajya Sabha member Pratap Singh Bajwa as the new legislature party leader.
Notably, former Punjab PCC chief Navjot Sidhu was asked to tender his resignation after the party's debacle in the recent assembly elections in Punjab.
Warring, who severed as the Transport Minister in the prior Congress government in Punjab, won the recent elections from the Gidderbaha constituency, while Bajwa was elected as an MLA from the Qadian assembly constituency.
The appointments bear the stamp of ex-Congress president Rahul Gandhi who had named Raja Warring as Indian Youth Congress president and Pratap Singh Bajwa as Punjab Congress chief a few years ago.
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Furthermore, The Congress has named Bharat Bhushan Ashu as the working president of the Punjab unit and Raj Kumar Chabberwal as the Deputy leader of the legislative party.
"The Congress President has appointed Amarinder Singh Brar (Raja Warring) as President and Bharat Bhushan Ashu as Working President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee," read the statement issued by the party.
Following the party's defeat in the five states that held polls recently, Sonia Gandhi had asked these state Congress chiefs to resign. The President had also revamped the Manipur and Goa units.
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