Amid the ongoing turmoil in the state unit of the Congress, the Muktsar district unit has taken disciplinary action against a municipal councillor (MC) and targeted two other leaders over their alleged anti-party activities and public remarks against the leadership, further exposing internal divisions in the home district of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring.District Congress Committee (DCC) president Shubhdeep Singh Bittu, in a letter, alleged that the leaders had made remarks against AICC Punjab in-charge Bhupesh Baghel, tarnishing the party’s image and amounting to serious indiscipline.The DCC expelled sitting MC Gurmeet Singh Jeeta from the party’s primary membership, accusing him of making baseless allegations against Baghel. It also alleged that Paramjit Singh Billu had worked against the Congress candidate during the last Lok Sabha elections and later supported Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates in the recent MC elections. The letter further claimed that Billu was not even a primary member of the Congress. Mohkam Singh Sandhu was also declared a non-member, with the district leadership citing his social media activity and photographs as evidence of his alleged association with the AAP.Bittu said, “They had made anti-party statements, so action was necessary.” Notably, all three leaders belong to the camp of former Muktsar MLA Karan Kaur Brar. Responding to the action, Billu said, “I am not a part of Raja Congress, but I will always remain in the Congress.” Jeeta maintained that he and several others had resigned from the party in 2023. He claimed that despite this, the Congress fielded him in the MC elections, which he won. “It doesn’t matter what Bittu has written in his letter,” he said.Mohakm also rejected the allegations, saying, “I never held any post in the party and I was never a part of the Raja Congress.” The rift within the district unit had come to the fore during the Maghi Mela in January this year when former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi visited Billu’s residence and held a meeting there without informing Warring. The meeting was attended by Karan Kaur Brar, two former ministers and several former MLAs, exposing the deepening factional divide within the district Congress. Karan Kaur Brar, daughter-in-law of former Chief Minister Harcharan Singh Brar, has already accused Raja Warring of deepening divisions within the party.