Congress to contest 2022 assembly election under leadership of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi: Mallikarjun Kharge

The three-member panel, set up by Congress President Sonia Gandhi to end factionalism in the party's Punjab unit, was scheduled to meet today to discuss certain pointers with Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh raised in the report. Mallikarjun Kharge, who heads the panel, said that the Congress high command will try to resolve all issues within the party Punjab unit.  

New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday (June 22) met the three-member Congress panel in Delhi amid escalating tension in the state unit with Navjot Singh Sidhu who has stepped up his attack against the chief minister. Mallikarjun Kharge, who heads the panel, said after the meeting, "The party will fight the 2022 state assembly elections under the leadership of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. The Congress high command will try to resolve all the issues in the party's Punjab unit. Committee members met before also and discussed with all. We are preparing for the upcoming elections. High command will try to resolve all the issues and grievances of our leaders. Everything will be fine. We will all together fight the election."  Asked why Navjot Singh Sidhu did not come to attend the meeting called by the panel, Kharge said: "It is not like that at all, we have called Captain Amarinder for some clarification. Everyone in the party said in one voice that they will fight the election together and will again form the government in Punjab. If anyone has any kind of issues, the High command will try to find the solution," he added.