PPCC Chief

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh)— The Congress high command has appointed former Indian national hockey captain and Jalandhar Cantt legislator Pargat Singh as the new president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) with immediate effect, rolling out a decisive leadership transition ahead of the 2027 state assembly polls. The official notification follows the departure of outgoing state party chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, the sitting Member of Parliament for Ludhiana, who stepped down after stewarding the provincial unit since April 2022. Warring’s exit came amid weeks of internal deliberations and broader organizational realignments by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) aimed…