Chandigarh, Sept. 30 -- Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring is set to be replaced following weeks of infighting in the state unit, party sources said on Wednesday.
Former minister and MP Vijay Inder Singla has emerged as the frontrunner for the post ahead of the 2027 Assembly polls, they said.
The Congress high command has informed Warring of its decision to replace him,
following which he has offered to resign, the sources said.
Singla, a Hindu face and a Congress Working Committee member, was appointed the chairperson of the party's election management and coordination committee on July 1.
Besides Singla, the names of former Olympian and Jalandhar Cantt MLA Pargat Singh, former MLA Rana KP Singh, Raja Sansi MLA Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa are also doing the rounds for the post.
The announcement of a new Punjab Congress chief is expected soon, party sources said.
The development came days after the issue of appointing a new Punjab Congress chief was discussed by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC general secretary
K C Venugopal and general secretary in-charge of Punjab Affairs Sachin Pilot at a recent meeting.
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