Punjab: Congress Appoints Amarinder Singh Raja Warring As State Chief, Bajwa Is New CLP Leader

While Warring won the recent assembly elections from the Gidderbaha constituency, Bajwa was elected as an MLA from the Qadian assembly constituency.

Congress Appoints Amarinder Singh Raja Warring As State Chief (Image: Twitter)

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed Amarinder Singh Brar (Raja Warring) as the party’s new Punjab chief in the place of Navjot Singh Sidhu and former Rajya Sabha member Pratap Singh Bajwa as the new legislature party leader on Saturday.

In a statement issued by the All India Congress Committee (AICC), the party said, “Hon’ble Congress President has appointed President and Working President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and Leader and Deputy Leader of Punjab Congress Legislature Party as follows, with immediate effect.”

“The Congress President has appointed Amarinder Singh Brar (Raja Warring) as President and Bharat Bhushan Ashu as Working President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee,” the party statement said.

Congress appoints party leader Amrinder Singh Brar (Raja Warring) as the Punjab Congress chief (PCC) and Pratap Singh Bajwa as the CLP leader for Punjab. pic.twitter.com/PNh8HXCvFu

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The statement further added, “The Congress president has appointed Pratap Singh Bajwa as Leader and Raj Kumar Chabbewal as deputy Leader of Punjab Congress Legislature Party in Punjab.”

While Warring won the recent assembly elections from the Gidderbaha constituency, Bajwa was elected as an MLA from the Qadian assembly constituency.

Notably, Warring has replaced the cricketer-turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who had to resign after the Congress lost power in the recently conducted Punjab Assembly elections.

Following the party’s dismal performance in the five states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur – that went to polls recently, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had asked the state Congress chiefs to resign.

She had also reshuffled the party units in Manipur and Goa.