{"id":13078,"date":"2026-08-16T18:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T18:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=13078"},"modified":"2026-08-16T18:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T18:14:33","slug":"punjab-congress-faces-fresh-rift-as-randhawa-challenges-warrings-one-family-one-ticket-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=13078","title":{"rendered":"Punjab Congress faces fresh rift as Randhawa challenges Warring&#8217;s &#8216;one family, one ticket&#8217; rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133279995,imgsize-755932,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/congress-punjab-unit-chief-amrinder-raja-singh-warring-and-sukhjinder-randhawa.jpg\" alt=\"Punjab Congress faces fresh rift as Randhawa challenges Warring's 'one family, one ticket' rule\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Fresh differences emerged in the Punjab Congress on Sunday after MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa challenged state unit chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring&#8217;s &#8216;one family, one ticket&#8217; stance ahead of upcoming assembly elections.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Speaking at an event attended by former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Randhawa said families could get up to four tickets if their members were capable of winning.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>&#8220;Some say I will not give two tickets (to a family). But those (in a family) who have the capability to win will not only get two but four tickets and ensure Congress&#8217; victory,&#8221; Randhawa said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Randhawa also stressed that the Congress could not return to power by ignoring its workers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>&#8220;We have nurtured the Congress with our blood and sweat. If the Congress is standing strong in the state today, it is because of the contribution of every worker, not any one individual,&#8221; he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>His remarks are being seen as a counter to Warring, who has advocated the &#8216;one family, one ticket&#8217; policy.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Warring had said that only one member of a family would get a ticket to contest the elections.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>&#8220;Big leaders say I will contest from here and my son will contest from there. If Raja Warring stays, one family will get only one ticket, not two. Rahul Gandhi will give tickets, and I will only recommend,&#8221; Warring had said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>On Saturday, Warring also shared an old video of Rahul Gandhi on Facebook in which the former Congress president said, &#8220;One person per family should get a ticket.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>&#8220;I will always follow my leader and stand by him,&#8221; Warring said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Meanwhile, BJP leader and former Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu took a dig at the Congress over the issue, saying the party&#8217;s high command itself does not follow the one-family-one-ticket policy.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Bittu claimed that the Gandhi family had not followed the Congress&#8217; 2022 Udaipur declaration of &#8216;one family, one ticket&#8217;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>&#8220;Is this a new thing? Sonia Gandhi is a Rajya Sabha member, while her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are Lok Sabha members. What Randhawa Saab has said is completely right. When three members of the Gandhi family can sit in Parliament, why cannot a family get four tickets?&#8221; Bittu asked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>The Punjab Congress has been grappling with factionalism despite repeated assertions by the party leadership that efforts are under way to strengthen organisational unity ahead of next year&#8217;s Assembly elections.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>On July 1, when the Congress leadership decided to retain Warring as Punjab Congress chief and appoint Channi as chairman of its campaign committee.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/>A section of leaders led by Channi had opposed Warring&#8217;s continuation as state unit chief and sought his removal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>Channi&#8217;s supporters want him to be projected as the party&#8217;s chief ministerial face ahead of the assembly polls.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"sQLTU timeline_pollWrapper_as  \" data-scrollga=\"scroll#poll_view\">\n<div>\n<p>Do you agree with the stance on granting multiple tickets to capable family members?<\/p>\n<div class=\"iN00Z\">\n<div class=\"eG6Oq\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div class=\"W30C0\">\n<p>3k+ users shared opinion today<!-- --> <span class=\"vIYbn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>5k+ users already voted today<!-- --> <span class=\"vIYbn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>3k+ users shared opinion today<!-- --> <span class=\"vIYbn\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/polls\/do-you-agree-with-the-stance-on-granting-multiple-tickets-to-capable-family-members\/pollopinions\/133280243.cms?src=articleshow\" class=\"pd_MH\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Share Opinion<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/punjab-congress-faces-fresh-rift-as-randhawa-challenges-warrings-one-family-one-ticket-rule\/articleshow\/133279713.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Fresh differences emerged in the Punjab Congress on Sunday after MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa challenged state unit chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring&#8217;s &#8216;one family, one ticket&#8217; 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