Invitations have been sent to all senior party leaders including Channi. (File photo: PTI)
Not only Sidhu and Channi, the PPCC has also invited former chief Lal Singh, Shamsher Singh Dullo and Mohinder KP besides all MPs at the time of filing nomination papers of Karamjit Kaur.
Sensing the gravity of retaining the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat, the Punjab Congress is trying to project a united face with several factions now pitching for the party’s candidate in the May 10 by-election for the reserved constituency. Is.
As part of efforts to forge a united front, former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi are expected to accompany party candidate Karamjit Kaur in Jalandhar on Thursday. Filing of nomination papers.
PPCC chief Amarinder Raja Waring has confirmed that he had invited both Sidhu and Channi for the event. “Invitations have been sent to all senior party leaders including Channi and Sidhu and we are expecting all of them to come here,” Waring said. Even in filing papers.
Not just Sidhu and Channi, the PPCC has invited all MPs besides former PPCC chiefs Lal Singh, Shamsher Singh Dullo and Mohinder KP at the time of filing nomination papers of Kaur. Congress MPs including Manish Tewari, Ravneet Bittu, Mohd Sadiq, and Gurjit Aujla, two-time Jalandhar West MLA Bharat Bhushan Ashu and former minister Raja Gurjit Singh are also expected to be present.
Amid discord within the state unit, the party wants to put aside differences for the polls and hence all senior leaders have been asked to send a positive message among voters in Jalandhar. Party leaders believe that the Congress had to pay a heavy price for these differences when it was defeated in last year’s assembly elections. “A defeat here could almost put us in jeopardy. We have to forget differences and give it a united fight,” remarked a senior leader.
In the last few days, two leaders of the party, former MLA Sushil Rinku and Chaudhary Surinder Singh have joined the Aam Aadmi Party. Rinku is now the AAP candidate for the Jalandhar bypoll. Senior party leaders said that some Dalit leaders have been neglected by the party and now the results are coming out. A senior leader said, “The party needs to step up its efforts to include marginalized Dalit party leaders.”
Meanwhile, Sidhu met former CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal at her Chandigarh residence. “The contribution of traditional Congressmen cannot be ignored and there is a need to bring the leaders back to the party activities,” he said.
One of the highlights of the day would be the address by former Chief Minister Channi, especially as he has a huge fan following in Jalandhar.
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