Congress Replaces Bhupesh Baghel with Sachin Pilot as Punjab In-Charge Ahead of Elections

The Congress has replaced Bhupesh Baghel with Sachin Pilot as the new Punjab in-charge. Pilot faces the biggest challenge of uniting the Punjab Congress ahead of next year's assembly elections in the state. While his first and biggest test will be to bring different factions of the party on one platform before Rahul Gandhi's proposed visit to Punjab. So let's see if Pilot will be able to keep Raja and Channi together and how he will be able to end the factionalism within the party, which is the biggest challenge for him before the elections. Congress had made Bhupesh Baghel in-charge of Punjab with the hope that he will unite the local unit of the party and strengthen the organization for the elections, but he failed. He was accused of being close to one faction instead of balancing the different factions, due to which the Congress removed him and made Pilot the new in-charge. Punjab Congress is divided into several factions. Former Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Channi and former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Raja Warring are also considered to be his influence.