Barnala, Aug. 3 -- The simmering factionalism within the Punjab Congress showed no signs of easing on Sunday as supporters of former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi raised slogans during the party's 'Har Booth, Congress Mazboot' programme in Barnala, a day after similar scenes played out in Patiala and Sangrur.

The Barnala meeting was attended by AICC general secretary and Punjab in-charge Bhupesh Baghel, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Barnala MLA Kuldeep Singh Kala Dhillon, former ministers Razia Sultana and Brahm Mohindra, former MLA Raj Kumar Verka and several district and block-level leaders.

The programme was briefly disrupted when a group of Channi supporters raised slogans including "Channi teri soc...