The Congress High Command on Saturday appointed Amarinder Singh Brar as the new President of Punjab Congress. Amarinder Singh Brar has been the Transport Minister in the Charanjit Singh Channi government of Punjab. Brar has been elected MLA from Giddarbaha in this election.
Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation was accepted by the Congress after the defeat in the Punjab Assembly elections. It was only after this that the tussle over the new Congress President of the state had started and now the Congress high command has also stamped the name of Brar.
Who is Amarinder Singh Brar?
Amarinder Singh Brar (Raja Waring) has reached the assembly after winning the election for the third time in a row. Brar was also the President of the Indian Youth Congress from December 2014 to May 2018. In the Punjab Congress, Brar has been counted among very active leaders along with a young leader.
Brar was nominated by Congress party from Bathinda seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections but Shiromani Akali Dal’s candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal won by defeating him by more than 20 thousand votes.
During the assembly elections, Brar was in a lot of discussion about his methods of campaigning. He sang and danced during his public meetings. Brar lost his parents in his childhood. After which he was brought up in Nanihal.