In a surprising development, Congress MP from Punjab Ravneet Singh Bittu Met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
the Congress MP posted a tweet with pictures of his meeting with the PM Fuelling Speculations about his possible future moves, Ravneet Bittu though maintain that he discussed issues related to Punjab in meeting with the Prime Minister However given the deep divisions and the disarray in the state Congress unit, there could be more to the meeting.
The Congress was decimated in Punjab in the just-concluded assembly elections by the Aam Aadmi Party which stormed into power with an overwhelming majority under chief minister Bhagat Singh Man
Several Congress MPs from the state are unhappy wth the way the party handled the leadership crisis in the state congress chief Navjt Singh Sidhu was involved in a bitter power tussle with Captain Amarinder Singh, who was forced to quit as the chief minister and eventually left the party.
The Congress leadership’s decision to appoint Charanjit Singh Channi as the chief minister and the subsequent power tussle between him and Sidhu also did not go down well with the senior party leaders of the state. The BP, which does not have a strong leader in the state, contested the 2022 assembly elections n alliance with former chief minister Amarinder Singh However, the two together failed to make any mark. Before these elections, the Bjp was a junior partner of the Akali Dal in the state. Dal in the state. However, the two parties parted ways over the Farmers’ Bill.
The BJP is now Looking to increase its base in the state