Capt Amarinder Singh will take over as the PCC president at a public rally at Bathinda, the date of which will be announced soon.
This was decided by senior party leaders who met Capt Amarinder on Saturday in New Delhi. He met party vice-president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi to thank him for the decision and discuss the plan of action in the state which goes to polls in 2017.
Since a large number of people are expected to attend the takeover function and the PCC complex in Chandigarh cannot accommodate the huge rush, it was decided that the function will be held as a public rally at Bathinda.
Before that Capt Amarinder will visit Amritsar and pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, Durgiana Mandir and Swami Ramtirath there on Wednesday, December 2.
“I will take over as the PCC president at a public rally in Bathinda. The date of the rally will be announced soon,” Capt said, after a meeting with senior party leaders.
Bathinda in the bastion of ruling Shiromani Akali Dal, from where Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s daughter-in-law Harsimrat Badal is the lok Sabha MP.
Singh spent the day with his supporters at his Janpath Road residence, receiving a host of visitors who flocked to congratulate him. Although top State leaders Sunil Jakhar, Kewal Dhillon and others were present, his rivals Rajinder Bhattal and Brahm Mohinder were conspicuous by their absence.