New Delhi, July 1: After holding detailed discussion for almost a month, the Congress on Wednesday decided to retain Amarinder Singh Raja Warring as the Punjab Congress chief and announced former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as chairman of the campaign committee.
The Congress announced that Warring will continue as president of the Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee, while senior leader Partap Bajwa will remain the leader of the Congress Legislature Party in Punjab.
The party sources said that decision to appoint Channi as campaign committee chief will place him at the forefront of the party’s electoral outreach and mobilisation efforts in the run-up to the election.
The party also named Vijay Inder Singla as chairman of the Election Management and Coordination Committee, which will oversee the party’s organisational and electoral preparations, while senior leader Sukhjinder Randhawa has been entrusted with heading the Core Committee.
Channi was eyeing the role of Punjab Congress chief along with former Sangrur MP Singla.
The Congress has also named Amar Singh to lead the manifesto committee that will prepare the party’s agenda and guarantees for people ahead of the polls.
Besides Channi as head, the campaign committee will have Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Rana Gurjeet Singh and Dharamvira Gandhi as co-chairpersons.
The Election Management and Coordination Committee led by Singla will be assisted by OP Soni, Razia Sultana, Kuljit Nagra, Angad Saini and Bharat Bhushan Ashu as co-chairpersons.
Similarly, Gurjeet Aujla, Pargat Singh, Hardial Kamboj and Sukhbinder Sarkaria have been appointed co-chairpersons of the manifesto committee headed by Amar Singh.
The party also named three working president for Punjab — Sukhwinder Singh Danny, Raj Kumar Verka and Sangat Singh Gilzian.
The Congress is eyeing to make a comeback in Punjab where it was routed by the AAP in 2022 assembly polls. Meanwhile, the BJP has also made aggressive plans for Punjab as seven of the AAP MPs earlier this year merged with the saffron party.