In fresh fissures within the Punjab Congress, its Patiala MP Dr Dharamvira Gandhi on Tuesday took a sharp jibe at the party’s state leadership over the appointment of certain leaders as halqa in-charges.

“What is and who is this halqa in-charge in the Congress party? They are the candidates who could not make it to the Vidhan Sabha. Some even lost their deposits. By the way, who appointed them as halqa in-charges? Name the leader and make their appointment orders public,” Dr Gandhi said in a post shared on Facebook.

He expressed displeasure over recent party events in the eight Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Patiala district, where the so-called halqa in-charges reportedly took charge, while young Congress leaders and workers were sidelined.

Sources within the Congress said that certain

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