Gill rebel candidate Kartinder Pal expelled for anti-party activities

5 Dariya News

Chandigarh , 31 Jan 2017

Continuing with its crackdown on dissidents, the Punjab Congress has permanently expelled the Gill (SC) rebel candidate S. Kartinder Pal Singh from the party’s primary membership.An office order signed by Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Captain Amarinder Singh said Kartinder “is hereby permanently expelled from the Primary Membership of the Party for anti-party activities and contesting from assembly constituency 66-Gill (SC) against the official party candidate.”Kartinder is the 18th rebel candidate to be expelled by the party for refusal to withdraw from the electoral race in favour of the official party candidates in the fray from different assembly segments of the state.The party leadership had decided to take strict disciplinary action against those refusing to toe the line with regard to contesting the assembly polls in Punjab, while continuing with its efforts to amicably persuade the rebels, some of whom had acceded to Captain Amarinder’s personal request in the matter.The PPCC president has assured all rebels agreeing to leave the fray that they would be accommodated in key positions after the Congress government is formed in the state.