Tension simmers in Punjab Congress, both sides look to high command
(WorldNews India)

More than 10 days after senior Congress leaders Partap Singh Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo raised a banner of revolt against Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, there has been no intervention from the central leadership, surprising many in the party. They argued that simmering tension in another Congress-ruled state, close on the heels of crises in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, is bad optics and could be fatal for the party in Punjab. The central leadership`s reluctance to intervene on time to broker peace between the Kamal Nath-Digvijaya Singh duo and Jyotiraditya Scindia in Madhya Pradesh had resulted in the young leader joining the BJP and the Congress losing its government. Even in...