Decoded | In Captain vs Sidhu fight, how Congress is making Punjab polls a fight within itself

Amid the tussle between the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Punjab Assembly election looks on course to become a unique poll battle in which the top contestants could be from the same ruling party. Here's how the Congress is making Punjab polls a fight within itself.

Since his re-entry into the Congress in 1998 after Sonia Gandhi took over as party president, Captain Amarinder Singh has been the most towering leader of the Congress in Punjab. That is, for the past five election cycles, the Congress’s fortunes in Punjab have been in Captain Amarinder Singh’s company. Demographics of Punjab:1. Sikhs : 57.75 %2. Hindus : 38.49%3. Dalits : 31:94 % (Sikh&Hindus)Punjab is both progressive & SECULAR. - !BUTbalancing SOCIAL INTEREST GROUPs is key !EQUALITY pic.twitter.com/mKddV4TYOR When the Congress came to power — 2002 and 2017 — Captain Amarinder Singh was the chosen one for the chief minister’s post in Punjab. The last time the Congress won power in Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh was the Punjab Congress chief.