Pargat Singh said, "I am also a contender for the CM post. There are so many faces in the Punjab Congress that anyone can become the Chief Minister; we will fight the elections under Rahul's leadership."

The new president of the Punjab Congress, Pargat Singh, has staked his claim for the Chief Minister's position. In a conversation with a channel, he mentioned himself as being in the race for the Chief Minister's post, and also named former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, former state president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, and MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira. Pargat Singh said that there are so many faces in the Congress that everyone is a contender for the Chief Minister's post.