Even because the three-member AICC panel was in the method of submitting its report on infighting in the Punjab Congress to the excessive command, a combative Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has began pulling in regional leaders for assist to counter newly-turned ‘dissident’ leaders in the social gathering.
Sources stated that the CM has appointed Sukhjinder Raj Singh alias Lalli Majithia, a veteran chief from the politically vital Majha area because the Chairman of the Punjab State Grain Procurement Corporation (Pungrain), an essential physique that attracts linkages to the farmers in the state. The put up had fallen vacant after the loss of life of former Chief Secretary YS Ratra in April.
On the face of it, social gathering insiders say, the appointment would appear a routine one however this one has main strategic political ramification. One, to tide over resentment amongst a piece of the social gathering that the CM was not ‘listening’ to the calls for of the regional leaders, the CM was now making political appointments to boards and company quite than get bureaucrats to run them.
Secondly, Lalli Majithia, in accordance to social gathering sources, has been the largest counter to senior Akal Dal chief Bikram Singh Majithia in the Majha area. “This can take the sting out of the allegations that Captain was soft on Akalis and was shying away from propping up leaders who are taking them head-on,’’ commented a party leader.
The move also, according to sources, helps the CM counter the Majha brigade in the Punjab Congress. Cabinet ministers Tript Rajinder Bajwa, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and Sukhjinder Randhawa, along with some MLAs, who are seen as part of the Majha brigade, had reportedly joined hands with the dissidents against the CM.
These leaders, who form the core of the Majha leadership in the Congress, have till recently been siding with Capt Amarinder which has helped him neutralise the threat from the likes of Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa. But the recent cracks that have surfaced in the party over the sacrilege case handling has left the Majha brigade on the other side of the fence leaving the Captain camp worried.
“Now, since it’s increasingly getting clear that the Captain is staying as the CM, he needs to look at a new local leadership from politically important regions like Majha which will help him neutralise to some extent the threats from dissidents,” commented a senior social gathering chief.
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