NEW DELHI: They gathered for a march, but their coming together was more notable than the protest itself, as the Congress leadership in Punjab showed some unity in Chandigarh on Tuesday for a demonstration against the AAP government. The party’s new central in-charge Sachin Pilot led the protest, where former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state unit president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring shared a stage for the first time in nearly three months.
It was Sachin Pilot’s first visit to Chandigarh since taking charge of the state unit in place of Bhupesh Baghel, who was locally seen as not being objective enough when sent to manage the crisis.
The show of unity came during the march to Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema’s house over the suicide of Gulzar Singh, a resident of Cheema’s assembly segment Dirba in Sangrur district, who had raised the issue of drugs and was allegedly facing harassment for it.
Congress Legislature Party leader Partap Singh Bajwa and former deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who have also been players in the factionalism, were present, too, as the leaders set out from the Punjab Congress Bhawan in Sector 15 towards Cheema’s official residence.
On stage before the start, Channi was seated to Pilot’s right and Warring to his left. The two were seen speaking to each other and shaking hands.
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