Former India hockey captain Pargat Singh takes charge as Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president

11 October 2026

Three-time MLA and former Indian hockey captain Pargat Singh formally assumed charge as president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) on 11 October 2026 at Congress Bhawan in Sector 15, Chandigarh. He succeeds Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, who headed the State unit for four and a half years. The ceremony was held amid heavy rain on the first day of Navratri. Pargat Singh said Punjab's issues and the aspirations of ordinary people would be his priorities and that he would do clean politics, not vendetta politics. Punjab Congress affairs in-charge Sachin Pilot, former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa and MPs Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Manish Tewari attended. AICC general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal could not attend because of prior engagements in Delhi.