Chandigarh: After spree of meetings and feedback from MLAs, the Congress high command has cleared the name of Sukhjinder Randhawa as the new CLP leader.
Formal announcement would be made after a while, said party sources.
Randhawa is a traditional Congressman and has been instrumental in taking on Capt Amarinder Singh. He represents Dera Baba Nanak and Randhawa first successfully contested for Punjab Legislative Assembly from Fatehgarh Churian in 2002 defeating Akali dal’s Nirmal Singh Kahlon. In 2012, he was elected from new constituency Dera Baba Nanak.
He was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab’s termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.