Overview
- Senior leaders led by Charanjit Singh Channi staged a visible show of strength on Monday by sharing group photographs captioned “Unity is Strength,” with Amarinder Singh Raja Warring notably absent.
- Channi’s supporters held meetings in Morinda and Mohali and resolved to skip programmes led by Warring, with several delegates reportedly travelling to New Delhi to press their demands with the high command.
- The Congress high command kept Warring as Punjab unit president while naming Channi chairman of the Campaign Committee and sent AICC in-charge Bhupesh Baghel to Chandigarh to mediate.
- Warring has publicly denied factionalism and reposted meeting images to project unity, but the Channi camp’s decision to avoid a Baghel-led meeting marks a fresh escalation.
- Party watchers warn that recurring leadership fights have previously hurt Congress in Punjab and that this open rift could weaken booth-level organisation and damage the party’s prospects in the 2027 polls.