Highlights 1 Congress fires seven rebels contesting against party's official picks in the upcoming Punjab election. Once bitten twice shy, the Punjab Congress which lost 2012 assembly election due to the factionalism, is taking no chances this time. Aiming to fight the threat from the total 28 dissidents, Punjab Congress reached out and managed to placate 15 of the rebels, who back their nominations at the last moment. Taking a serious note of the 13 still in the fray, Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh removed seven rebels from the party for the life. Also read: Punjab Assembly election: Battle for Malwa heats up, Congress in aggressive campaign modeAlso watch: War of thrones in Punjab: Big battle between Captain Amarinder Singh and Sukhbir Singh Badal

Source: India Today January 26, 2017 16:14 UTC