Congress completely united: Warring
Parmod Bharti
Ludhiana June 1,2026- Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today asserted that the party was completely united and was set to return to power in the state in the ensuing assembly elections.
Warring, who is also the Lok Sabha MP from Ludhiana, met his colleague and former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who is also the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture and is leading a delegation to the PAU.
Warring, accompanied by senior local leaders, received Channi in the PAU campus. He said, besides being the Chairman of the Standing Committee, Channi is a senior party leader and a former Chief Minister of the state.
He asserted and reaffirmed that the entire leadership including him Partap Singh Bajwa, Charanjit Singh Channi, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and others are together and will ensure Congress victory in Punjab in 2027.
The PCC president submitted a detailed memorandum to Channi demanding a special one time grant of Rs 1000 crore for research to the PAU, besides a recurring annual grant of Rs 50 to Rs 60 crore.
He said the PAU had been starved of funds and at times it did not have enough money to pay salaries to the employees and scientists. He said the PAU had an important role in ensuring food security in the country as the Green Revolution was scripted in this university only.
Replying to a question about the Aam Aadmi Party’s claims over winning the Municipal Council elections, Warring said, for the last twenty years it has been the ruling party, which has always won these elections and subsequently lost the assembly elections.
He said, in fact, the AAP performance has been poor as compared to that of the ruling parties earlier. He said, the opposition performance has been far better under the AAP regime.
Replying to another question he said the AAP had completely failed on law and order, drugs, employment and finances having turned the state bankrupt. He said killings of innocent people had become a new norm under the AAP regime. “The AAP government is neck deep in corruption and every Punjabi is feeling the pinch”, he remarked.
On union minister of state in railways Ravneet Singh Bittu’s scuffle with the cops and his subsequent apology, Warring described him as “dim-wit”. He said, Bittu instead of fighting with the cops should tell the people of Punjab what he has done for the state while being a minister for two years. “Has he provided any jobs to youth or laid down any additional rail lines in Punjab?” he asked.
Asked to comment about former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s remarks that the Congress, unlike the BJP, took everyone into confidence, he asked, why did he (Amarinder) need to leave the party? He said, he must have realized how much liberal the Congress was and how suffocating the BJP is.
On Ludhiana Shahi Imam questioning his absence from Eid congregation, Warring said, he (Shahi Imam) should not politicise the issue. He said he has been regularly visiting the mosque and the Imam but was busy on the day of Eid.
He was accompanied by senior party leaders including Jassi Khangura, Surinder Dawer, Kuldeep Singh Vaid, Pawan Dewan, Sanjay Talwar and others.