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|name = Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee|native_name =PPCC|alliance = United Progressive Alliance180px)|president = Amrinder Singh Raja Warring| general_secretary =

• Capt. Sandeep Singh Sandhu
• Yoginder Pal Dhingra

• Social democracy
• Democratic socialism
• Social liberalism
• Indian nationalism
• Composite nationalism
• Gandhian socialism
• Secularism
• Progressivism{edih}|youth = Punjab Youth Congress|women = Punjab Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee

6hex=#00BFFF}}0hex=#00BFFF}}|state_seats_name = Punjab Legislative Assembly16hex=#00BFFF}}|headquarters = Sector-15A, Chandigarh-160015weblink}}150px)chairman=Partap Singh Bajwa}}{{Indian National Congress sidebar}}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 responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections. On 9 April 2022, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring was appointed by the national leadership of Congress as the chief of Congress in Punjab.NEWS, Punjab Congress appointments: High command tries to maintain region, experience and caste balance,weblink 12 April 2022, Tribuneindia News Service, 9 April 2022, en, He is a 25th 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

Structure and composition {| class"sortable" cellspacing"0" cellpadding"2" style"border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width:70%; border:1"

style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"! S.No. !! Name !! Designation !! InchargeAmrinder Singh Raja Warring >|President| Punjab Pradesh CongressBharat Bhushan Ashu >Working President'''>| Punjab Pradesh CongressPawan Goel >Working President>| Punjab Pradesh CongressKuljit Singh Nagra >Working President>| Punjab Pradesh CongressAruna Chaudhary>Vice President>| Punjab Pradesh CongressInderbir Singh Bolria>Vice President>| Punjab Pradesh CongressKushaldeep Singh Kiki Dhillon>Vice President>| Punjab Pradesh CongressPargat Singh>Vice President>| Punjab Pradesh CongressSunder Sham Arora>Vice President>| Punjab Pradesh CongressSandeep Singh Sandhu>General Secretary>| Punjab Pradesh Congress

List of chief ministers of Punjab from Indian National Congress

{| class="sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width:70%; border:1"! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | No.! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Chief ministers! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Portrait! Colspan="3" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Term in office! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Assembly! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Constituency! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Start! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | End! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Tenure style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"1Gopi Chand Bhargava(File:Gopi Chand Bhargava.png|100x100px)| 15 August 1947| 13 April 19493 years, 136 daysInterim Assembly style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"18 October 194920 June 1951 style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"21 June 19646 July 19643rd AssemblyMLC style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"2Bhim Sen Sachar(File:Bhim Sen Sachar.png|100x100px)13 April 194918 October 1949 4 years, 104 days|Interim Assembly style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"17 April 195222 July 19531st AssemblyLudhiana South Assembly Constituency style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"22 July 195323 January 1956 style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"3Partap Singh Kairon(File:Partap Singh Kairon.png|100x100px)23 January 19569 April 1957 8 years, 150 daysSujanpur style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"9 April 195711 March 19622nd Assembly style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"11 March 196221 June 19643rd Assembly style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"4Ram Kishan(File:Ram Kishan.png|100x100px)7 July 19645 July 1966 1 year, 363 daysJalandhar (North East) style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"5Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir(File:Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir.png|100x100px)1 November 19668 March 1967 127 daysMLC style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"6Giani Zail Singh(File:Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India (cropped).png|100x100px)17 March 197230 April 1977 5 years, 44 days6th AssemblyAnandpur Sahib style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"7Darbara Singh(File:Darbara Singh.png|100x100px)6 June 19806 October 1983 3 years, 122 days8th AssemblyNakodar style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"8Beant Singh(File:Beant Singh 2013 stamp of India (cropped).png|100x100px)25 February 199231 August 1995 3 years, 187 days10th AssemblyJalandhar Cantonment style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"9Harcharan Singh Brar(File:Harcharan Singh Brar.jpg|100x100px)31 August 199521 November 1996 1 year, 82 days9th AssemblyMuktsar style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"10Rajinder Kaur Bhattal(File:Rajinder Kaur Bhattal.jpg|100x100px)21 November 199611 February 1997 82 daysLehra style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"11Amarinder Singh(File:Amarinder Singh.jpg|100x100px)| 26 February 2002| 1 March 20075 years, 3 days12th AssemblyPatiala Urban style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"16 March 201718 September 2021 {{age in years and days3|16}}15th Punjab Assembly style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"|12|Charanjit Singh Channi100x100px)20 September 202116 March 2022 {{age in years and days9|20}}Chamkaur Sahib style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"

List of deputy chief ministers of Punjab from Indian National Congress

{| class="sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width:70%; border:1"! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | No.! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Deputy chief ministers! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Portrait! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Term in office! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Assembly! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Constituency! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Chief Minister! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Start! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | End! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Tenure style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"1Rajinder Kaur Bhattal(File:Rajinder Kaur Bhattal.jpg|100x100px)| 6 January 2004| 1 March 2007 3 years, 54 days12th AssemblyLehraAmarinder Singh style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"|2|Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa| 20 September 202116 March 2022 {{ayd09202216}}15th AssemblyDera Baba Nanak Assembly Constituency>Dera Baba NanakCharanjit Singh Channi style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"|3|Om Parkash Soni| Amritsar Central Assembly Constituency>Amritsar Central

List of former presidents {| class"wikitable"|+

!Year!Presidentdate=March 2022}}Saifuddin Kitchlew|1959-1964|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|2021-2022|Navjot Singh Sidhu|2022–present|Amrinder Singh Raja Warring

Performance in elections

Pre-Independence

Punjab Legislative Council{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"! rowspan="2" |Year!UoP!INC!IND!1920| -| -|71| -! rowspan="4" |71!1923|33|0|17|21!1926|31|2|12|26!1930|37|0|14|20Punjab Legislative Assembly{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"! rowspan="2" |Year!UoP!INC!SAD!AIML!IND!19379818|11|2|16|30! rowspan="2" |175!194619512173|11|0

Post-Independence {| class"wikitable" style"text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |Years!INC!SAD!AAP!BJP!IND!19529613! rowspan="14" |~! rowspan="7" |~|9|8!126!1957120!^|13|21! rowspan="2" |154!19629019|18|27!196748!^947! rowspan="3" |104!19693843|4|17!19726624|3|11!19771758|2|40! rowspan="10" |117!19806337|1|2|14!19853273|6|4|2!199287|3|6|420!1997147518|6|4!20026241|3|9|2!2007444919|5|0!2012465612|3|0!201777|1520|3|0|2!202218|392|2|0|1

• ^ - 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

• All India Congress Committee
• Pradesh Congress Committee

References

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External links

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