Punjab Congress leaders meet in Delhi to address factionalism
Congress leaders held deliberations at Indira Bhawan to discuss state unit issues ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, and General Secretary K.C. Venugopal met with Punjab Congress leaders at Indira Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday.
The meeting included Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Partap Singh Bajwa, Charanjit Singh Channi, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, and Vijay Inder Singla to address state unit factionalism before the 2027 Assembly elections.
Separately, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced its first list of 40 candidates on Saturday following a Political Affairs Committee meeting at Arvind Kejriwal's residence.
The AAP list names Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann from Dhuri, Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan from Kotkapura, and Minister Sanjeev Arora from Ludhiana West.
Other AAP candidates include Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Ajnala, Balkar Singh from Kartarpur, Jai Krishan Singh Rouri from Garhshankar, Kulwant Singh from S A S Nagar, and Labh Singh Ugoke from Bhadaur.
On Wednesday, an Election Commission of India (ECI) delegation conducted a district-wise review of poll preparedness for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections.