PPP dissolves all district units
Monday, 30/06/2014
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Chandigarh : The central committee of the People’s Party of Punjab (PPP), that met here today, dissolved its 22 district units.
It announced that its alliance with the Congress would remain till the 2017 Assembly elections and decided not to field candidates for the byelections for the Patiala and Talwandi Sabo seats.
But the party will field its candidates for the municipal elections scheduled to be held later this year.
The committee decided to reconstitute the party’s organisational structure. Manpreet Badal, PPP president, said that the PPP-Congress alliance had performed fairly well during the recent Lok Sabha elections.
“We think the alliance will prove fruitful in the future too.
“We have decided to reconstitute the party as many members performed exceptionally well during the Lok Sabha elections and they deserve to be given greater responsibility.”
Manpreet said since the Patiala and Talwandi Sabo seats had been vacated by Congress leaders, the Congress must put up candidates for both the seats.
“We will support any candidate put up by the congress, unless the new PPP office-bearers decide to stake claim to one of the seats,” he said.
Thirtyfive of the 45 members of the central committee attended the meeting today. A party spokesman said the party had decided to hold district-level meetings to strengthen the party at the grassroots level. This would also help the party members to acquaint themselves with the various problems being faced by the people.
