NEW DELHI: The Punjab Congress has formed a four-member committee to oversee the induction of leaders from other political parties, with the state heading into Assembly elections early next year.The panel, constituted by state Congress president Pargat Singh on Sunday, will coordinate the process and ensure consultations with local party leaders before any new entrant is admitted.The committee includes Congress Working Committee member and former MLA Vijay Inder Singla, MLA and deputy leader of the Congress Legislature Party Aruna Chaudhary, former MLA Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon and MLA Hardev Singh Laddi.According to the office order issued by the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, the panel will consult senior Congress leaders from the concerned area and the respective district Congress committee presidents before inducting any leader.
The order states that the induction process will proceed only after their views have been taken into consideration and coordination with the local leadership has been ensured.The committee has been constituted with immediate effect.This move comes amid Congress’s bid to strengthen its organisation and expand its political base ahead of the 2027 polls. In May, several leaders and workers from the Aam Aadmi Party, Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP had joined the Congress at an induction programme in Batala. The party has also stepped up its election preparations, with its leadership recently holding discussions on candidate selection, constituency-level assessments and winnability after the AAP announced its first list of candidates.Elections to the 117-member Punjab Assembly are due early next year.