After the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), it was the turn of the Trinamul Congress (TMC) to suffer a severe jolt as one of its key leaders joined the Punjab Congress on Monday, less than six months after he had left the party to join TMC.Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh welcomed the homecoming of Suresh Gogia, who quit TMC Patiala, citing serious problems in TMC.Gogia, who had joined Jagmeet Brar, and was appointed TMC halka in charge of Rajpura, said Brar heads a group of `misguided missiles’, which could do no good for Punjab and its people. The Congress, under the leadership of Captain Amarinder, was the only party that could bring the state out of its current devastation and despondency, said Gogia, who had joined the Youth Congress back in 1988.
Gogia was Vice President of Punjab Youth Congress from 1995 to 2000 and was also a member of disciplinary committee in the Congress. During his Congress tenure, he also held the directorship of Punjab State Tubewell Corporation and was member of the Pepsu Township Development Board.On the occasion, Captain Amarinder said the disillusionment and disenchantment within other political parties in Punjab was complete and the people of the state were looking at the Congress to provide them relief from their current state of gloom.The TMC, he said, had absolutely no standing in Punjab and it was obvious that sincere and committed political workers would see their future, as well as the future of Punjab, in the Congress.