Chandigarh/Ludhiana, Aug. 17 -- The factional feud in the Punjab Congress intensified on Saturday, with senior leader and Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa taking a swipe at state party chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring's "one family, one ticket" formula for the 2027 assembly elections. The jibe drew a sharp response from Warring, who retaliated, saying he was only following his leader Rahul Gandhi, who has advocated the principle.

Warring, in a speech in Ferozepur during the party's grassroots outreach 'Har Booth, Congress Mazboot' campaign on August 4, had said that under his leadership the state unit would follow the principle of "one family, one ticket and 70% of tickets would go to youth, a move that had reportedly upset sever...