Chandigarh, July 27 -- Just days after the Congress high command convened a two-day huddle in New Delhi to end speculation over infighting in the Punjab unit, with senior leaders subsequently vowing to work together, the party's first major political mobilisation in the state revealed lingering signs of internal discord.

On Saturday, former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, former deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and senior leader Rana Gurjit Singh visited the protesting sanitation workers in Barnala together in the forenoon, and later addressed a press conference at Barnala MLA Kuldeep Singh Kala Dhillon's residence.

Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring reac...