Punjab Congress leaders launched the 'Punjab Mangda Insaaf' campaign in Chandigarh. The statewide outreach will channel public grievances into its Assembly poll campaign.Chandigarh,Nov 11, 2026 14:38 ISTThe Punjab Congress on Wednesday launched its ‘Punjab Mangda Insaaf’ campaign to connect with different sections of society and raise their concerns ahead of the Assembly elections due early next year, news agency Press Trust of India reported.Punjab Congress president Pargat Singh and Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Partap Singh Bajwa launched the campaign at the party headquarters in Chandigarh.

The party said it would focus on issues concerning farmers and youths, drug abuse, law and order and other public concerns.Bajwa told reporters that the Congress leadership would visit different parts of Punjab and raise issues affecting all sections of society.“We will speak about the fraud with government employees and pensioners by the AAP government, the old pension scheme not being implemented, the law and order situation and the poor financial health of the state,” Bajwa said, according to PTI. Claiming that the AAP government had failed on all fronts, Bajwa said: “AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal had promised Rs 54,000 crore funds per annum for setting up colleges, medical colleges, new infrastructure including roads, bridges.

Not even a single penny was given. We will ask Kejriwal where that money has gone.”“They did nothing for farmers, women or traders,” he claimed.

Asked about Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi’s cycle yatra, scheduled to begin on November 12, Bajwa said it was also part of the party’s programme.“Channi saab is our brother. With his programme, the message of the Congress will reach Punjab.

We will do it together. We all will go there tomorrow as well,” he said.Bajwa said separate programmes would be held in the Majha, Malwa and Doaba regions as part of the party’s effort to reach as many people as possible.“The message has to be clear.

Which party fights for ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’? Which party can bring peace in Punjab and save the youth?” he said.Channi, who heads the Congress campaign committee, has planned the ‘Jawani Sambhal, Jatta’ cycle rally to reach people across different Assembly constituencies.Pargat Singh said party leaders would travel to different parts of Punjab. “We will speak to every section of the society under this campaign,” he said.On Tuesday, Singh had said the campaign would help the Congress communicate directly with people, understand the problems and expectations of different sections and raise their concerns effectively.

He said the party would engage with stakeholders from the information technology and agriculture sectors, various industries and other sections of society.Through the campaign and related programmes, the Punjab Congress plans to take up public concerns across the state ahead of the Assembly polls early next year.- Ends