Punjab Congress Rift Deepens as MP Meets Amit Shah, 26 Leaders Back Channi

July 3, 2026

After the Trinamool Congress of Bengal, there is now a possibility of a split in the Punjab Congress. Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has secretly reached Delhi. Here he met Union Minister Amit Shah. During this, he was seen with BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Chugh.

After meeting Shah, Randhawa said, “Ask Channi and Raja Wading about Punjab. I met KC Venugopal yesterday also. This kind of situation should not have happened. It is unfortunate that even after so many meetings, this situation has come up.

Here, before not being made the state president of the Congress, CM and Jalandhar MP Charanjit Singh Channi has opened a front. He called an emergency meeting of Congress leaders at his home in Morinda. It was attended by 26 leaders, including 3 sitting MLAs. The process of leaders coming is still going on.

The Congress high command has retained Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Wading as the state Congress chief. There is resentment among the leaders due to this decision. Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Punjab in February 2027.

These leaders attended Channi’s meeting

On Channi’s call, MLA Tript Rajinder Bajwa, Barnala MLA Kala Dhillon, Kapurthala MLA Rana Gurjit, former Deputy CM OP Soni, former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Gurkirat Kotli, former MLA Gurpreet Kangar, Najar Singh Manshahia, former MLA Parminder Singh Pinky, Davinder Singh Ghubaya, Inderbir Singh Bularia, Lakhbir Lakha, Tarsem DC, Darshan Brar, Harminder Singh Gill, Madan Lal Jalalpur, former Youth Congress president Barinder Dhillon, Kamaljeet Kadwal and former MP Mohammad Sadiq reached the house of Sidhu Moosewala’s father Balkaur Singh Channi.

Major updates related to rebellion in Congress

2 Motives of Channi’s Power Performance, Understand with Experts

1. Remove the ward, make the state chief like the captain Political expert Pawandeep Sharma says that there has been a tradition in the Punjab Congress that the one who is the party chief becomes the CM. Captain Amarinder Singh was made the president both times before the election and when the party won the election, he was made the CM.

Keeping an eye on this chair, the Channi faction has been opposed to King Wading for a long time, it is not hidden from anyone. Whether it is the party’s internal meeting or in front of the high command, Channi Raja has described Wading as a failed leader and has also advocated for his removal from the post of state chief.

When the Congress government came to power in 2017, Captain Amarinder Singh also put pressure on the Congress high command to make him the state chief. When Pratap Bajwa was removed from the post of state chief. The purpose of becoming the state chief is clear that he should be the one who runs in the ticket distribution and when the MLAs come out victorious, most of the MLAs are his supporters and the path to his Chief Minister’s chair is clear. The captain had even activated the Jat Mahasabha for this.

Channi is also on the way to Captain. He wants the high command to make him the state chief so that if the Congress comes to power, Raja Wading will not be able to take credit that as the state chief, this victory has been done under his leadership. Then he can also stake claim to the CM chair.

2. If not the state chief, then declare me the ‘CM face‘ In 2022, Navjot Sidhu was the state chief of the Congress and Charanjit Channi was the Chief Minister, so then the high command was pressured to declare the CM face. The reason for this was that the state chief was Sidhu and CM Channi. Channi was aware of the trend of Punjab Congress that if Sidhu wins the election in the state chiefship, it will be difficult to get the CM chair.

So Sidhu was provoked and Channi kept lobbying internally. For the first time, the Congress had to formally declare Channi as the CM face in Punjab. It is believed that Channi is following the same pattern. He wants the high command to give him the chair of the state chief. If this does not happen, then even if Raja Wading remains the state chief, like last time, he should be declared the CM face.

Political expert Pawandeep Sharma says that the Congress did not want to offend the Jat Sikhs. So did not remove the winding. Therefore, Channi is now pressuring the party high command to declare him as the CM face. Channi has a long army of supporters and leaders. In such a situation, he will try to put pressure on the high command through supporters and 31% Dalit vote bank.

If both of Channi’s demands are ignored, then what is the way out? Political expert Pawandeep Sharma says that Charanjit Channi will first put full pressure on the Congress to either make him the president or declare him the CM face. If none of them happen, they have a plan B. Under Plan B, he can form a new party with his supporters.

If this happens, it will be considered a big loss for the Congress. They say that a large Dalit class is associated with Channi. His 111-day tenure in 2021 has also created a good image. If Channi rebels or forms a separate party, the message will go to the traditional Dalit and poor sections of the Congress that their leader has not been heard. In such a situation, this vote bank will be completely displaced, which will directly benefit the opposition parties.

None of the leaders of the Channi faction thanked the high command for their decision. Among them, MLA Rana Gurjit, MLA Pargat Singh, former Deputy CM OP Soni, former MLA Bharat Bhushan Ashu are prominent leaders. A reel of Kapurthala MLA Rana Gurjit is also in the headlines, in which he has put up the song ‘Patshahi Dawa Rakhde Yes, Khandian Di Dhar Te Nachde Haan, Sanu Aunda Hai Badla Layna’.

It is being speculated that he is also with Channi in the fight. Rana Gurjit not only won his seat in 2022 despite the AAP’s storm but also won his son Rana Inderpratap as an independent from Sultanpur Lodhi.