Congress leader Sachin Pilot is scheduled to visit Giddarwindi village near Jagraon to offer condolences to the family of kabaddi player Tejpal Singh, who was shot dead last year. The visit comes as the party prepares for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections.
Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema questioned Congress chief Pargat Singh over his record on drugs, sacrilege and recruitment during his earlier political tenure.
Amidst ongoing internal differences within the Punjab Congress, the party high command is considering a leadership change within the state unit. There is a possibility of replacing state Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring before the 2027 assembly elections.
Thousands of Congress workers staged a protest in Ferozepur, demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and raising allegations over electoral-roll revisions and SIR.
Punjab Congress will hold a protest march to the ECI office in Sector 17, Chandigarh, over the SIR controversy, with Sachin Pilot and Raja Warring leading the demonstration.
Chandigarh: Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday demanded that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state be suspended until the upcoming Assembly elections are over. Warring also called for the elections to be conducted using the electoral rolls that formed the basis of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections,.
Punjab Congress President Raja Warring has accused the Mann government of forcibly cremating Gulzar Singh against his family’s wishes and targeted CM Bhagwant Mann and Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema.
Punjab Congress working president Raj Kumar Verka on Tuesday demanded the dismissal of the Bhagwant Mann government over the alleged death by suicide of Gulzar Singh in Sangrur, who belonged to the Dalit community, alleging that those who raise questions about the drug issue are subjected to "brutality and punishment".
Punjab Congress leaders staged a protest in Jalandhar over the alleged purification of a stage after Mallikarjun Kharge's Haldwani rally, targeting the BJP and demanding withdrawal of the FIR against Rahul Gandhi.
