The infighting in Punjab Congress is now coming out in public with the party leadership failing to pacify rebel leaders. Senior Congress leader and former MLA Dr Mohinder Rinwa has decided to quit the party and is set to join the opposition Shiromani Akali Dal in the presence of Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Rinwa had represented the Fazilka constituency. The former MLA confirmed the improvement to saying he was feeling suffocated in the party. He claimed that no one values a leader in the Congress and CM Capt Amarinder Singh does not answer the calls of party guys even when he is not in energy. He praised Sukhbir Singh Badal saying that the SAD leader did not miss a single get in touch with.
Mohinder Rinwa was thought of a effective leader in his constituency and was usually approached by these looking for transfers and postings. He, having said that, was ignored by Captain’s government and was not appointed chairman of any board of the corporation. The two-time MLA had after won as an independent and later on a Congress ticket.
He had protested against the party’s choice to give a ticket to Davinder Singh Ghubaya in the course of the Assembly Elections 2017. He had even threatened to contest as an independent. However, the party managed to placate him that time.
According to reports, this time, the party has made no efforts to quit him from leaving and joining the rival party.