Punjab: Cong to fight assembly polls under Amrinder Singh- Rawat

In Punjab, Congress will fight the 2022 assembly election in the state under the leadership of chief minister Amarinder Singh. Senior leader Harish Rawat and party in-charge of Punjab, said that Singh and party leader Navjot Singh Sindhu with work together for the party and a formula has worked out on the matter. “Captain Amarinder Singh is our chief minister for the last four-and-a-half years and we will go to the elections under his leadership,” Rawat said. According to a new agency,  Rawat said, a formula has been made around this. We have also worked out a formula for working presidents.

Rawat's comments also came days after election strategist Prashant Kishor held talks with the Congress president Sonia Gandhi and senior leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi. Kishor has been appointed by SIngh as his advisor ahead of the election. Rawat had earlier held a meeting with Rahul on Tuesday as the central leadership’s bid to resolve the months-long tussle between the chief minister and cricketer-turned-politician. Amarinder Singh and Navjot Sidhu have maintained a running feud since the 2017 election. Sidhu hoped to be made Deputy Chief Minister but that move was reportedly scuttled by Singh.