India, July 5 -- The Congress appears to have lost the plot even before the battle for the next Assembly polls in Punjab has commenced. The exercise for reconstituting the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) has proved counter-productive, with the high command ending up retaining those it sought to replace, while not achieving its objective by nominating some who are evidently disappointed.

The result is that Amarinder Singh Raja Warring as the PCC president and Partap Singh Bajwa as the Leader of Opposition shall continue in their respective positions. Supporters of Charanjit Singh Channi, former Chief Minister, who has been made chairman of the campaign committee, held a meeting at his house on Friday, to express their dissatisfaction, an...