Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee

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Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
PPCC
PresidentNavjot Singh Sidhu
ChairpersonCharanjit Singh Channi
HeadquartersSector-15A, Chandigarh-160015
Youth wingPunjab Youth Congress
Women's wingPunjab Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
AllianceUnited Progressive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
7 / 13
Seats in Rajya Sabha
3 / 7
Seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly
76 / 117
Election symbol
Hand INC.svg
Website
www.ppcc.in

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (or Punjab PCC), formerly known as the Punjab Provincial Congress Committee in colonial India, is the affiliate of the Indian National Congress in the state of Punjab. It is headed by Navjot Singh Sidhu.[1] He is the 24th president to hold the post. Present general secretary in-charge of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee is Harish Chaudhary who was appointed on 22 October 2021.[2]

Structure and Composition[edit]

List of Presidents[edit]

Name Designation
Navjot Singh Sidhu President
Sangat Singh Gilzian Working President
Sukhwinder Singh Danny Working President
Pawan Goel Working President
Kuljit Singh Nagra Working President

List of District Presidents[3][edit]

District Name Designation
Faridkot Darshan Sahota President
Amit Jugnu Working President
Vicky Bhalooria Working President
Patiala Urban Narendra Lally President
Krishan Lal Baddhu Working President
Patiala Rural Gurdeep Singh Unthsar President
Gurbir Singh Bhunar Heri Working President
Vijay Gautam Working President
Amritsar Urban Ashwani Pappu President
Krishan Sharma Working President
Balbir Singh Babbi Working President
Amritsar Rural Bhagwant Pal Singh Sachar President
Jagwinder Pal Working President
Ludhiana Urban Ashwani Sharma President
Pawan Mehta Working President
Niki Rayat Working President
Rajiv Raja Working President
Dimple Rana Working President
Ludhiana Rural Karanjeet Singh Galib President
Sukhpal Singh Goindal Working President
Bathinda Urban Arun Wadhwa President
Tinku Grover Working President
Bathinda Rural Kulwinder Singh President
Avtar Singh Working President
Kirandeep Kaur Virk Working President
Tarn Taran Kirandeep Singh Mitha President
Harsharan Singh Mahla Working President
Pradeep Chopra Working President
Rajbir Singh Bhullar Working President
Fatehgarh Sahib Subhash Sood President
Rajinder Singh Bittu Working President
Harbans Singh Pandher Working President
Jalandhar Urban Balraj Thakur President
Nirmaljit Singh Nimma Working President
Vijay Dakoha Working President
Harjinder Singh Ladda Working President
Jalandhar Rural Darshan Singh Tahli President
Ashwani Kumar Working President
Ashwin Bhalla Working President
SAS Nagar Rishiv Jain President
Natarajan Kaushal Working President
Jasbir Singh Bhola Working President
Khanna Rupinder Singh Raja Gill President
Surinder Kumar Kundra Working President
Kulwinder Singh Manewal Working President
Barnala Gurpreet Singh Lucky Pakho President
Jagga Mann Working President
Jagtar Dhanola Working President
Rajeev Working President
Ferozpur Rajinder Chabbra President
Parminder Handa Working President
SBS Nagar Sandeep Bhatia President
Rajinder Kumar Sharma Working President
Lakhbir Singh Bhambra Working President
Kapurthala Ramesh Singh President
Daljeet Singh Raju Working President
Pathankot Sanjeev Bains President
Sanjeev Kumar Goldy Working President
Rakesh Babl Working President
Rupnagar Aswini Sharma President
Mansa Mangat Singh Bansal President
Gurmeet Singh Vicky Brar Working President
Karan Chauhan Working President
Gurdaspur Darshan Mahajan President
Jamesh Masih Working President
Kulbhushan Vij Working President
Ravinder Sharma Working President
Fazilka Ranjam Kamra President
Begchand Working President
Raj Baksh Kamboj Working President
Moga Kamaljeet Brar President
Gurmeet Makhija Working President
Parminder Singh Dimpal Working President
Malerkotla Jaspal Das President
Manoj Kumar Uppal Working President
Manjeet Singh Working President
Hoshiarpur Kuldeep Kumar Nanda President
Davinder Pal Jatpuri Working President
Yamini Gomar Working President
Sangrur Mahinderpal Singh Bhola President

List of General Secretaries[edit]

Name Designation
Yoginder Pal Dhingra General Secretary In-charge
Pargat Singh General Secretary

List of Chief Ministers of Punjab from Indian National Congress[edit]

No. Chief ministers Portrait Term in office Assembly Constituency
Start End Tenure
1 Gopi Chand Bhargava Gopi Chand Bhargava.png 15 August 1947 13 April 1949 3 years, 136 days Interim Assembly
18 October 1949 20 June 1951
21 June 1964 6 July 1964 3rd Assembly MLC
2 Bhim Sen Sachar Bhim Sen Sachar.png 13 April 1949 18 October 1949 4 years, 104 days Interim Assembly
17 April 1952 22 July 1953 1st Assembly Ludhiana South Assembly Constituency
22 July 1953 23 January 1956
3 Partap Singh Kairon Partap Singh Kairon.png 23 January 1956 9 April 1957 8 years, 150 days Sujanpur
9 April 1957 11 March 1962 2nd Assembly
11 March 1962 21 June 1964 3rd Assembly
4 Ram Kishan Ram Kishan.png 7 July 1964 5 July 1966 1 year, 363 days Jalandhar (North East)
5 Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir.png 1 November 1966 8 March 1967 127 days MLC
6 Giani Zail Singh Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India (cropped).png 17 March 1972 30 April 1977 5 years, 44 days 6th Assembly Anandpur Sahib
7 Darbara Singh Darbara Singh.png 6 June 1980 6 October 1983 3 years, 122 days 8th Assembly Nakodar
8 Beant Singh Beant Singh 2013 stamp of India (cropped).png 25 February 1992 31 August 1995 3 years, 187 days 10th Assembly Jalandhar Cantonment
9 Harcharan Singh Brar Harcharan Singh Brar.jpg 31 August 1995 21 November 1996 1 year, 82 days 9th Assembly Muktsar
10 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal Rajinder Kaur Bhattal.jpg 21 November 1996 11 February 1997 82 days Lehra
11 Amarinder Singh Amarinder Singh.jpg 26 February 2002 1 March 2007 5 years, 3 days 12th Assembly Patiala Urban
16 March 2017 18 September 2021 6 years, 326 days 15th Punjab Assembly
12 Charanjit Singh Channi Charanjit Singh Channi.png 20 September 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 138 days Chamkaur Sahib

List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Punjab from Indian National Congress[edit]

No. Deputy chief ministers Portrait Term in office Assembly Constituency Chief Minister
Start End Tenure
1 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal Rajinder Kaur Bhattal.jpg 6 January 2004 1 March 2007 3 years, 54 days 12th Assembly Lehra Amarinder Singh
2 Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa 20 September 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 138 days 15th Assembly Dera Baba Nanak Charanjit Singh Channi
3 Om Parkash Soni Amritsar Central

List of Former Presidents[edit]

Year President
Saifuddin Kitchlew
1957-1964 Darbara Singh
1964-1966 B. D. Sharma
1997-1999 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
1999-2002 Captain Amarinder Singh
2002-2005 Harvendra Singh Hanspal
2010-2013 Captain Amarinder Singh
2013-2015 Pratap Singh Bajwa
2015-2017 Captain Amarinder Singh
2017-2021 Sunil Kumar Jakhar

Performance in Elections[edit]

Pre-Independence[edit]

Punjab Legislative Council

Year Others Total
UoP INC IND
1920 - - 71 - 71
1923 33 0 17 21
1926 31 2 12 26
1930 37 0 14 20

Punjab Legislative Assembly

Year Others Total
UoP INC SAD AIML IND
1937 98 18 11 2 16 30 175
1946 19 51 21 73 11 0

Post-Independence[edit]

Years Others Total
INC SAD AAP BJP IND
1952 96 13 ~ ~ 9 8 126
1957 120 ^ 13 21 154
1962 90 19 18 27
1967 48 ^ 9 47 104
1969 38 43 4 17
1972 66 24 3 11
1977 17 58 2 40 117
1980 63 37 1 2 14
1985 32 73 6 4 2
1992 87 ^ 6 4 20
1997 14 75 18 6 4
2002 62 41 3 9 2
2007 44 49 19 5 0
2012 46 56 12 3 0
2017 77 15 20 3 0 2
  • ^ - Party didn't contest election
  • ~ - Party didn't exist
  • - Green color box indicates the party/parties who formed the government
  • - Red color box indicates the official opposition party

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Navjot Singh Sidhu named Punjab Congress chief".
  2. Template:Cite twitter
  3. "Indian National Congress : Appointments of DCC Presidents". Indian National Congress. Retrieved 14 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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