Don't air internal issues in public: Congress warns Punjab leaders

NEW DELHI: The Congress connected Thursday issued a stern informing to its Punjab leaders, asking them to halt airing interior differences successful nationalist oregon fuelling factionalism. The enactment asked them to alternatively enactment unneurotic to guarantee Congress instrumentality to powerfulness successful the upcoming 2027 assembly elections.The bid came during a three-hour gathering convened by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge astatine his residence successful New Delhi, which was besides attended by Rahul Gandhi, amid reports of infighting wrong the authorities unit, quality bureau PTI reported. Punjab goes to the polls successful aboriginal 2027, and Congress is aiming to reclaim the authorities from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).Party leaders were asked to refrain from making statements against 1 different and were assured that determination would beryllium nary contiguous alteration successful the authorities leadership.

The precocious command, they were informed, would instrumentality decisions connected campaigner enactment and run strategy successful owed course.AICC wide caput (organisation) KC Venugopal said Kharge and Gandhi reviewed the governmental concern successful Punjab and heard the views of authorities leaders, describing the discussions arsenic "very fruitful".“The enactment has directed each leaders to refrain from making nationalist statements connected interior matters.

Everyone whitethorn person their ain views, but these should beryllium raised lone wrong enactment forums. Going to the media oregon spreading specified issues connected societal media volition not beryllium tolerated,” Venugopal told reporters.He said the enactment had fixed a “very wide direction” and that each leaders contiguous had unanimously agreed to it. On speculation astir a enactment alteration successful Punjab, Venugopal said determination was “no question of it astatine present”.Addressing concerns raised by immoderate leaders implicit practice of weaker sections, Venugopal said the Congress remained committed to ensuring capable practice of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBCs and economically weaker sections, including successful Punjab. However, helium stressed that specified issues indispensable beryllium raised internally.“We person told the authorities enactment not to marque statements successful public. From time onwards, you volition spot the Congress united.

We volition combat the elections unneurotic and triumph Punjab,” helium said.On reports of immoderate leaders penning jointly to Rahul Gandhi seeking a abstracted discussion, Venugopal said idiosyncratic requests were acceptable but “group activities” would not beryllium tolerated. “If anyone wants to conscionable Rahul ji, they tin constitute individually,” helium said, adding that Kharge and Gandhi were readying a sojourn to Punjab soon.