Headache has begun for the Punjab congress as the rebels had filed their nomination for the upcoming elections. The last date for Filing the nominations has ended. The party senior leaders have reached the rebels who have filed their nominations in about 30 constituencies. The last date of taking back the nominations is January 21st.
Even Rahul Gandhi has reached out to the rebels apart from Punjab state congress Chief Captain.Amarinder Singh. Jasbir Singh Dimpa, the former MLA from Amritsar East, which the newly-inducted Navjot Singh Sidhu is contesting from this year, is among those who have been called by Gandhi.
Dimpa said, "Our national leaders have shown lots of grace... How they value work of small leader. For me it was big thing that they called me and said work for party. So now Navjot Singh Sidhu need not worry now we will take his campaign to every nook and corner of the constituency."
Around 1600 applications were filed from various party leaders for Punjab's 117 seats. when the list was out many leaders who din't find their name in the final list filed their nominations as independent candidates. The state and central leaders of the congress are reaching out to the rebels trying to convince them for the withdrawl of nomination. The party is also of with the fear that if the independents candidates contested then Kejriwal's AAP would be benifitted.
The congress leader and former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh convinced the rebels saying that if the party would make to power the rebels will be given the nominated posts.
