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Congress to Replace Warring as Punjab Chief After Pilot's Organizational Feedback
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News18•01-10-2026, 13:15
Congress to Replace Warring as Punjab Chief After Pilot's Organizational Feedback
- •The decision to replace Amrinder Singh Raja Warring as Punjab Congress president follows organizational feedback gathered by Sachin Pilot, the party's general secretary in-charge of Punjab.
- •Sachin Pilot, appointed on September 5, held meetings with state party leaders and submitted a report leading to the leadership shake-up.
- •The move aims to end weeks of infighting within the state unit ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections due early next year.
- •Former minister and ex-MP Vijay Inder Singla is a frontrunner for the post, with other names like Pargat Singh, Rana KP Singh, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Charanjit Singh Channi, and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa also being considered.
- •The change seeks to appoint a leader capable of uniting different factions in the run-up to the 2027 assembly polls, addressing previous factionalism that threatened the party's campaign.
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The decision to replace Amrinder Singh Raja Warring came following organisational feedback gathered by Sachin Pilot, the party's general secretary in-charge of Punjab, after weeks of internal feuding and bickering within the state unit.
Former minister and ex-MP Vijay Inder Singla has emerged as the frontrunner for the post. Other potential candidates include Pargat Singh, Rana KP Singh, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Charanjit Singh Channi, and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa.
The internal rift was triggered by the high command's decision on July 1 to retain Raja Warring as state unit president and appoint Charanjit Singh Channi as campaign committee chairman, leading a faction led by Channi to demand Warring's removal.
