Jalandhar, Aug. 1 -- Amid a deepening rift within its state unit over the post of the PPCC president, the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee expelled former Ghanaur MLA Madan Lal Jalalpur for indiscipline and anti-party activities.

The decision followed fresh public dissent during the party's Har Booth Mazboot programme in Patiala on Saturday, where a group backed by Jalalpur engaged in a heated argument with PPCC chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring in the presence of Punjab Congress in-charge Bhupesh Baghel.

Punjab Congress disciplinary committee chairman Avtar Henry said the party would not tolerate such indiscipline, noting that Jalalpur had repeatedly engaged in anti-party activities and failed to provide a satisfactory response for h...