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A day after Congress introduced a change of guard in its Punjab unit, supporters of the brand new working presidents celebrated their elevation in numerous elements of the state. The Congress excessive command had on Sunday late undertaken a significant revamp of the social gathering within the state by making Navjot Singh Sidhu the PPCC chief whereas appointing 4 working presidents — Sangat Singh Gilzian, Sukhwinder Singh Danny, Pawan Goel and Kuljit Singh Nagra.
Pawan Goel (64)
In Mansa, the district bar affiliation attorneys celebrated the appointment of advocate Pawan Goel because the PPCC working president. Goel (64) belongs to Jaito constituency in Fairdkot district. His grandfather, Lala Nand Ram Sharma, was a freedom fighter.
“My grandfather along with Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru had led the Jaito Morcha in 1930 against arbitrary orders of Maharaja of Faridkot and both were jailed as well,” stated Goel.
He added, “Even my father, Lala Bhagwan Das, remained a Cabinet minister in Darbara Singh government in Punjab. My father was senior vice president of the PPCC as well. However in 1988, he was assassinated during dark days of terrorism.”
Sources near the household claimed then PM Rajiv Gandhi had visited Bhagwan Das’s home 20 days earlier than he was killed. Pawan Goel was earlier president of district Congress committee of Faridkot, and had even remained normal secretary of PPCC.

ExplainedWhy 4 working presidents for Punjab CongressWhile naming Navjot Singh Sidhu, a Jat Sikh, because the Punjab Congress chief, the AICC additionally appointed 4 working presidents in an effort to stability the caste and spiritual equations within the state that goes to polls early subsequent yr. While former Faridkot district Congress president Pawan Goel is a Hindu; Jandiala Guru MLA Sukhwinder Singh Danny belongs to a Scheduled Caste and Tanda Urmur MLA Sangat Singh Giljian is a backward class chief. Kuljeet Singh Nagra, the Fatehgarh Sahib MLA, is a Jat Sikh — the third on a key publish aside from Sidhu and Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Nagra and Danny are additionally thought-about near former AICC chief Rahul Gandhi.

When requested about his priorities, he stated, “We will be working as a team for the betterment of the state. We will be meeting to chalk out our responsibilities, it is just an announcement as of now. We have significant tasks ahead of us. Whatever the high command tells us, we will abide by that.”
Gurlabh Singh Mahal, an advocate from Mansa, stated: “Appointment of Goel as a working president is an honour for this family of freedom fighters and their sacrifices.”
Kuljeet Singh Nagra (51)
Two-time MLA from Fatehgarh Sahib constituency, Kuljeet Singh Nagra, too stated that the social gathering will work as a group.
On Monday, Nagra was given a heat welcome in his constituency the place he addressed supporters and thanked the excessive command for giving him this duty .
Nagra, who’s said to be near the Gandhi household, stated, “We will resolve differences if any within the party and we are here to work as a team…We will work hard as a unit ahead of polls in the state. I thank the high command for giving me this responsibility and I will do my best for the welfare of masses in the state.”
The 51-year-old had fought his first election in 2012 from Fatehgarh Sahib constituency and defeated SAD’s Prem Singh Chandumajra, whereas in 2017 as effectively he gained defeating SAD’s Didar Singh Bhatti.
He remained a senate member of the PU within the 90s, whereas he had additionally served as chairman and president of Punjab University Students Union (PUSU) throughout his faculty days.
Apart from this, he had remained normal secretary of the All India Youth Congress and even Punjab Youth Congress from 1995 to 1997. Earlier, Harbans Lal from Congress used to contest from Fatehgarh Sahib and he was a three-time MLA as effectively, nonetheless Lal was denied ticket in 2012 which was given to Nagra. Lal had left the social gathering and had fought election as an Independent at the moment. In 2019, nonetheless, Harbans Lal joined BJP.
In June, Nagra had overtly criticised the choice of Punjab authorities giving jobs to MLAs’ sons on compassionate grounds. After, Bhishm Pandey, son of Congress MLA Rakesh Pandey and Arjun Partap Singh Bajwa, son of Qadian MLA Fateh Jung Singh Bajwa got jobs on compassionate grounds, Nagra had issued a video message by which he had appealed the CM Amarinder Singh , the Cabinet and the social gathering to roll again this choice.
Sukhwinder Singh Danny (44)
Jandiala MLA and Congress social gathering’s Dalit face, Sukhwinder Singh Danny (44), is son of former Cabinet minister (late) Sardul Singh Bandala.
After serving as Youth Congress vice chairman, Danny bought ticket from Faridkot parliamentary constituency in 2009 from Rahul Gandhi’s quota. It was a time when Rahul was selling younger leaders and Danny benefitted from technique.
While he belonged from Majha, he was given a ticket from a Malwa seat that he didn’t win.
Danny couldn’t get a ticket in 2014 regardless of making determined makes an attempt.
Finally, luck favoured Danny in 2017 when he was elected to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha for the primary time from his house turf — Jandiala constituency in district Amritsar.
He has served as member of committee on welfare of SCs, STs & BCs of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from 2017-19.
While Danny was by no means a near Amarinder Singh camp, he was additionally by no means among the many rebels both. He is near Jasbir Singh Dimpa, who’s MP from Khadoor Sahib. Danny’s Jandiala constituency is a part of Khadoor Sahib. Dimpa, nonetheless, had taken took place in favour of Captain Amarinder Singh.
Danny, nonetheless, maintained his distance from infighting between Captain and Sidhu whereas remaining low profile.
When Dalit leaders like Lal Singh and Shamsher Singh Dullo have been hoping to achieve from present disaster in Punjab Congress, Danny’s identify as working president shocked many as he was by no means seen to be in race to get any place.
After his appointment, Danny thanked Rahul Gandhi, CM Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu for his appointment.
“We won 2019 elections in Punjab despite the Modi wave. Then we won all the local bodies elections. We will again win elections in 2022. There is no divide in the party. Even if there are some issues, high command will tackle them and party will win next election as one. Congress party is a family and there could be differences among members. But elders of family will resolve these differences,” stated Danny.
He added, “Captain Amarinder Singh is our tallest leader and CM. Navjot Singh Sidhu is our senior leader and now Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee president. Captain Amarinder Singh has vast experience and Navjot Singh Sidhu has popularity and zeal. The combination of both leaders would make Congress victorious.”
Sangat Singh Giljian (67)
Three-time MLA, Sangat Singh Giljian (67), represents the Tanda Urmur Assembly section in Hoshiarpur district.
He was the one MLA from Hoshiarpur who had attended a gathering with former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu in Jalandhar on Sunday hours earlier than Sidhu’s appointment as PPCC chief.
Talking to The Indian Express Giljian, who was appointed advisor to Punjab CM Amarinder Singh in 2019, stated: “I got an indication about Sidhu becoming PPCC chief and because of that I went to meet him yesterday….It is a good step taken by the Congress high command because people wanted Sidhu as PPCC chief and it will boost the morale of the ground-level workers as they are of utmost importance in winning the election in 2022.”
Giljian has had his variations with the state management as regardless of successful thrice in a row from Tanda Urmur he was not chosen for the ministerial berth by the Congress social gathering in 2017. He was additionally ignored on the time of Punjab Cabinet’s growth in 2018.
In 2007, he was denied a ticket by the social gathering and had then contested as insurgent and gained the seat. Later, the Congress was pressured to take him again in partyfold.
In 2018, when he was not inducted within the Cabinet, Giljian had resigned from his social gathering posts together with from All India Congress Committee (AICC) and as vice chairman of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC). However, he had not give up as an MLA.
From the OBC Lubana neighborhood, Giljian then had alleged that backward courses have been ignored within the Cabinet growth. The Ludana neighborhood has a powerful presence in Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur and Patiala districts.
With no political background, Giljian was the primary member of his household to hitch politics. He went on to win three elections in a row — 2007, 2012 and 2017 and is among the many senior most leaders from Doaba area.
He had remained as village Giljian sarpanch for 15 years and in addition remained Congress Zila Parishad member for 10 years. He then contested first election for the Assembly in 2002, which he misplaced to SAD candidate Balbir Singh Mianai by a margin of round 1,250 votes.
“I had lost my father just a week before the 2002 Assembly elections and could not focus on my campaign during that last election. I lost by a small margin but after that people in my constituency never let me down because I have a strong bond with the people of my constituency.”
Giljian is a frontrunner who’s strongly linked together with his electorates. Much earlier than the social media revolution, Giljian was amongst one of many first Punjab leaders to faucet the social media to buttress his election marketing campaign in 2007, after being denied the Congress ticket from Tanda Urmur. He would ship voice messages by way of telephone calls that generated lot of help for him.
Locals stated that as a frontrunner he’s out there to them round the clock.
Sangat’s father was an agriculturist and he himself was into farming and in addition owned a rice sheller earlier than coming into politics. He has three brothers. His elder brother, who’s within the US, Mahinder Singh Giljian, is now president of the Overseas Congress now.