Chandigarh, Oct 8 (PTI) Newly appointed Punjab Congress president Pargat Singh and party general secretary incharge of the state Sachin Pilot offered prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday.
Singh, 61, a former Olympian, ex-Indian hockey captain and a three-time MLA from Jalandhar Cantt, replaced Ludhiana MP Amrinder Singh Raja Warring as the Punjab Congress chief last week.
Singh and Pilot landed at the Amritsar airport in the morning. A large number of party leaders and workers had assembled outside the airport to welcome them.
Dhols were played as the two leaders stepped out of the airport.
Later, Singh and Pilot, along with party leaders and workers, headed to the Golden Temple.
“Today I came here to offer ‘shukrana’ (thanks) and seek blessings,” Singh told reporters in Amritsar.
He will also visit Durgiana temple, St Paul Church and Ram Tirath temple.
MLA Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, former deputy chief minister O P Soni, former minister Raj Kumar Verka, Vijay Inder Singla and Sukhwinder Singh Danny were among the party leaders present at the Golden Temple.
“Today we came here under the leadership of Sachin Pilot. We all will work for the welfare of Punjab,” Verka said.
The Congress replaced Warring as Punjab Congress chief after weeks of internal unrest over the state leadership that had threatened to hurt the party’s campaign for the crucial assembly elections due early next year. PTI CHS DIV
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