India, May 30 -- Chandigarh

The Congress' poor performance in the Punjab civic polls has triggered fresh infighting within the state unit, exposing sharp factional divisions during a high-level meeting of Punjab Congress leaders with the party high command in Delhi on Friday.

The situation took a dramatic turn when leader of opposition in the Punjab assembly Partap Singh Bajwa walked out of the meeting midway after separately conveying his views to the central leadership.

The meeting was convened to discuss strengthening the party organisation and chalk out a strategy for the 2027 Punjab assembly elections. It was attended by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Punjab affairs in-ch...