The Congress on Saturday announced its new PCC chief, appointing Amarinder Singh Raja Warring as Navjot Singh Sidhu’s successor, even as Qadian MLA Pratap Singh Bajwa was nominated by the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in the Punjab Assembly. was appointed leader.
Sidhu had resigned from the post following the party’s defeat in the recent state elections on the instructions of party president Sonia Gandhi.
By appointing 44-year-old former Indian Youth Congress and Giddarbaha MLA Waring as PPCC chief, it seems the Congress high command has given preference to a young face and an experienced leader and a former MP to take on Bhagwant as the CLP leader. deployed to. Mann led AAP government.
Sonia Gandhi released the list of new appointments, which insiders say seems to be a clear “seal” of Rahul Gandhi. Former state minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu has been appointed working president of Punjab Congress and Chabbewal MLA Raj Kumar Chabbewal will be the deputy CLP leader.
Ashu started his political career as a Congress councilor from Ludhiana in 1997, and later became a corporator thrice and an MLA twice. He belongs to a business family having dairy farms.
Waring, who represents Giddarbaha in the state assembly, was reportedly chosen by Rahul Gandhi to lead the Indian Youth Congress during his early years in the party. He will face a formidable challenge to manage the affairs of a state unit that has faced factionalism and defeat by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Though he seems to have the support of Sidhu, he will have to take all the factions along to bring the party out of trouble.
Bajwa, a former Rajya Sabha MP, was also Gandhi’s choice for the Upper House. Though he never openly criticized the party high command, he constantly pointed fingers at the state leadership.
Chabbewal is a senior leader of Scheduled Castes in Punjab. The party has struck a delicate balance between communities representing all major groups in the state with the latest reshuffle.
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