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Scuffle, 'go back' slogans disrupt Punjab Congress meeting
A political group in India called the Congress party has a branch in a state called Punjab.
On a Thursday, this Punjab branch held a meeting to plan for elections that will happen in the year 2027.
But the meeting did not go smoothly, because some people were very angry.
They wore T-shirts that said 'Baghel Go Back,' because they did not want a senior leader named Bhupesh Baghel to stay.
They also shouted against another leader named Amrinder Singh Raja Warring.
The angry people said the party leaders were not listening to them.
One leader asked the protesters to leave and called them 'RSS agents,' which made them even angrier.
Then a small fight, called a scuffle, broke out between two groups of people.
A leader named Warring said he had helped some of the protesters in the past when they were in trouble.
In the end, the meeting showed that the Congress party in Punjab is fighting within itself and struggling to stay united.
A Punjab Congress organisational meeting in Ludhiana on Thursday was disrupted by 'go back' slogans and protests against senior leaders Bhupesh Baghel and Amrinder Singh Raja Warring.
Protesters wearing 'Baghel Go Back' T-shirts alleged the party leadership was disregarding internal dissent.
Warring allegedly referred to the protesters as 'RSS agents' and asked them to leave, prompting renewed sloganeering.
A brief scuffle broke out between Warring's supporters and those allegedly of former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu.
The meeting was convened to review the party's preparations for the 2027 Punjab assembly elections.
- Who
- Senior Congress leaders Bhupesh Baghel (Punjab in-charge) and Amrinder Singh Raja Warring (state president and Ludhiana MP), along with protesting party members and supporters of former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu.
- What
- A Punjab Congress organisational meeting was disrupted by 'go back' protests and slogans against senior leaders, leading to a brief scuffle.
- Where
- Guru Nanak Bhawan, Ludhiana, Punjab.
- When
- Thursday, at a meeting convened to review the party's preparations for the 2027 assembly elections.
- Why
- Protesters alleged the party leadership was disregarding internal dissent, and Warring's 'RSS agents' remark escalated tensions into a scuffle.
Protesting party members
Punjab Congress leadership
Treatment of internal dissent
Protesting party members
Protesters wearing 'Baghel Go Back' T-shirts alleged that the party leadership was disregarding internal dissent.
Punjab Congress leadership
Leaders like Warring asked the protesters to leave and said the disruption was undermining the party's efforts to project unity.
Warring's 'RSS agents' remark
Protesting party members
Warring's reference to protesters as 'RSS agents' was inflammatory and triggered renewed sloganeering and a scuffle.
Punjab Congress leadership
Warring was responding to those who tried to disrupt the programme, and he said he had personally helped some of them when they were 'hounded by the state vigilance bureau.'
Responsibility for the scuffle
Protesting party members
The clash between Warring's supporters and those allegedly of Bharat Bhushan Ashu reflects deep internal divisions in the party.
Punjab Congress leadership
Warring blamed his detractors and those who raised slogans despite his past help, portraying the disruption as an attempt to undermine the leadership.
Key facts
- Event
- Punjab Congress organisational meeting
- Purpose
- Review preparations for the 2027 assembly elections
- Venue
- Guru Nanak Bhawan, Ludhiana
- Leaders targeted
- Bhupesh Baghel and Amrinder Singh Raja Warring
- Protest slogan
- Baghel Go Back
- Flashpoint
- Warring's 'RSS agents' remark
- Scuffle
- Between Warring's supporters and those allegedly of Bharat Bhushan Ashu
Sources
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