Chandigarh, Nov. 13 -- Stepping up its political mobilisation ahead of the 2027 Punjab assembly elections, the Congress on Thursday launched its eight-day "Jawani Sambhal cycle yatra" from Chamkaur Sahib, with former chief minister and Jalandhar MP Charanjit Singh Channi leading the outreach campaign in the presence of state party president Pargat Singh, leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa and party's general secretary-cum-state in-charge Sachin Pilot. However, former Punjab Congress president and Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring was conspicuous by his absence from the flagging-off event in Chamkaur Sahib, the assembly constituency earlier represented by Channi.

The first phase of the yatra will cover approximately 625 km, pa...