Congress MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today formally took charge as president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Warring, assumed charge at a simple ceremony in Chandigarh attended by several predecessors, former ministers, ex-MLAs and other party leaders at Punjab Congress Bhawan. Bharat Bhushan Ashu also took charge as working president along with him.
While addressing the gathering, Warring said the Congress is a 'soch' (thinking) and 'vichar' (thought) which cannot come to an end and the party leaders will need to follow three ‘Ds’ - discipline, dedication and dialogue, to strengthen and rejuvenate the Congress in the state. A three-time MLA from Gidderbaha, Warring is a former president of the Indian Youth Congress. Warring succeeds Navjot Singh Sidhu. Following the congress poor performance in the five states assembly polls recently, the Congress chief had asked state Congress chiefs to resign.