NEW DELHI: As Congress seeks to renew its Punjab leadership, senior members have cautioned the party brass that it should be careful about the choice of state president, with focus on a “fresh individual without baggage” who is not vulnerable to the ruling AAP’s anti-corruption campaign.
It is learnt that party MPs recently conveyed to the Congress management that former ministers of the Amarinder Singh government should be kept out of the top organisational responsibility. Their prime concern is that AAP will look to target the new state unit leaders to build upon its campaign against the established parties, a strategy that helped it win an overwhelming support of the state electorate. The AICC was conveyed “inputs” that AAP government headed by Bhagwant Mann is preparing files on former ministers. “AAP will be looking for an excuse to discredit the new Congress chief. We should take extra care to ensure that the ruling party does not find a readymade target that will hurt the Congress attempt at reset,” a senior MP said.
