Chandigarh, Oct. 2 -- The Congress on Friday appointed Jalandhar Cantonment MLA and former Indian hockey captain Pargat Singh as president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC), bringing the curtains down on Amrinder Singh Raja Warring's nearly four-and-a-half-year tenure amid months of factional tensions in the state unit.
The appointment, which takes effect immediately, was announced by AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal. The party said the working presidents and the chairpersons and co-chairpersons of various election-related committees in Punjab would continue in their positions as before.
The leadership change came hours after Warring, the Lok Sabha MP from Ludhiana, met senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi a...