Chandigarh, July 4 -- Cracks in the Punjab Congress widened on Friday after a section of leaders met at the house of former CM Charanjit Singh Channi, demanding that he be made state party chief and urging the leadership to rethink the organisational reshuffle. In parallel, a meeting between party MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Union home minister Amit Shah triggered widespread speculation, though both Randhawa and Congress leaders said it was over security issues. P11

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