Manpreet Singh Badal, an estranged nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, on Friday merged his People’s Party of Punjab with the Congress to unitedly take on SAD-BJP in the assembly polls in the State early next year.
The merger was announced at the Congress headquarters here in presence of Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh and party leaders Shakeel Ahmed, Ambika Soni and Partap Singh Bajwa.
Amarinder Singh, who will lead the party’s campaign in the state, said the Congress had lost the last two assembly polls by a very slender margin and the party was working towards alliances.