CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday afternoon held the first official meeting of party leaders after taking charge of the new post on July 21.
The meeting was held at the Punjab Congress Bhawan in Chandigarh to discuss future course of action to strengthen the party in the state.
Sidhu had taken over as the state Congress president on July 21. The four-hour long meeting was also attended by the four working presidents of the party — Fatehgarh Sahib MLA Kuljit Singh Nagra, Urmar MLA Sangat Singh Gilzian, Jandiala Guru MLA Sukhwinder Singh Danny and party leader from Jaito Pawan Goel.
The meeting was also attended by Punjab Youth Congress president Barinder Singh Dhillon, state Mahila Congress president Mamta Dutta, Punjab Congress scheduled caste wing chairman and MLA Raj Kumar Chabbewal, and National Student Union of India (NSUI) state president Akshay Sharma among others.
Though Sidhu chose not to interact with media, Goel said Sidhu asked all frontal organisations of the party to come up with suggestions to strengthen the Punjab Congress. He said it was decided that a meeting will be held every fortnight with the party’s frontal organisations working on the ground level.
