Both Navjot Sidhu and Amarinder Singh are pitted against each other and the state Congress infighting has escalated.

The Chief Minister has asked the DGP to ensure high level of security arrangements be put in place, especially in busy places, such as markets etc, as well as at sensitive installations across the state.

​Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday appealed farmers not to hold protests across the state and instead "mount pressure" on the Central government to repeal the farm laws.

Navjot Sidhu said farmer leaders are demanding cancellation of unjust and unfair FIRs registered against the farmer unions due to cases of violence during the agitation in the state.

This strong measure was announced on Friday by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh as a preventive measure against the disease, and to ensure that those who are vaccinated do not have to pay the price.

Navjot Singh Sidhu and Amarinder Singh have been at loggerheads with each other and have also made public comments against each other.

Batala was the oldest city of Punjab after Bathinda which was founded in 1465 and also the eighth largest city in the state in terms of population.

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday had put on hold for six days his party's poll outreach campaign 'Gal Punjab Di' and had formed a committee to hold talks with farmers.

Congress' central leadership is learnt to have sent Harish Rawat to resolve the infighting after four ministers and a few MLAs expressed lack of faith in Amarinder Singh's leadership.

Hitting out at Gandhi, BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh said the Congress leader should explain as to what his party did for the famous memorial, which commemorates the sacrifice of hundreds of unarmed civilians killed by the British forces in 1919, during its rule for decades.

​Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday termed the government's revamp of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial "very nice". Singh's remark came hours after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called it an "insult of martyrs".

The Chief Minister’s strong warning to Pannu came even as the Punjab Police on Monday registered an FIR against the SFJ leader for issuing an assassination threat against the former through a video posted on SFJ’s Facebook page.

Harish Rawat is scheduled to visit Punjab in a day or two and will talk to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and state president Navjot Singh Sidhu.

Amarinder Singh also expressed shock at the "brazen brutality" of the Haryana Police.

Harish Rawat, the former Uttarakhand Chief Minister, wants to focus on the Assembly elections in his home state. The state will go to polls early next year.

Speaking at an event in Amritsar, Sidhu said that he has told the party high command in Delhi that if he is not allowed to take decisions, 'he won't spare anyone'.

The development has come amid the Congress' infighting between Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu and seems to be far from over.

Four ministers-- Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, and Charanjit Singh Channi -- who are said to be close to Sidhu on Wednesday met Rawat and lodged their complaint against the CM and sought his replacement, saying they have “lost faith in him” over the issue of unfulfilled promises.

The demand for seeking replacement of the CM has pushed the Punjab Congress into a fresh crisis. It also indicated that the party's recent efforts to quell dissent in the state unit with Sidhu's appointment have come a cropper.

The Punjab Congress leaders who have distanced themselves from the so-called festering revolt in the party are Kuldeep Vaid Dalvir Singh Goldie, Santokh Singh Bhalaipur, Ajit Singh Mofar, Angad Singh, Raja Warring and Gurkirat Singh Kotli.