The Congress gears up for the Lok Sabha elections, initiating discussions with INDIA bloc allies and planning Rahul Gandhi s North-West yatra. Meetings with state leaders focus on alliance formulas. Bengal Congress signals self-sufficiency in some seats, raising stakes for alliance talks with Trinamool. Punjab Congress considers an AAP alliance, discussions evolving. January 4 meetings will involve PCCs, CLPs, and the manifesto committee to set election strategies. Gandhi s upcoming Yatra-2 details focus on route planning and themes.
Accusing the AAP government of “converting Punjab into an absolute police state, where the voices of dissent were being strangulated mercilessly”, Bajwa said, "The state government has stooped to an all-time low and now resorted to petty vendetta politics”.
Punjab Congress leaders Partap Singh Bajwa and Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Friday claimed they were not allowed to meet arrested party MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in Fazilka.
On Friday, Bajwa, who is Leader of Opposition in the state, Warring and other senior leaders went to meet Khaira, who is under the custody of Punjab Police in Fazilka