Patiala’s first mayor left SAD joins congress; eyeing party ticket

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Patiala’s first mayor left SAD joins congress; eyeing party ticket

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in

Patiala’s first mayor Vishnu Sharma today joined back his mother party Congress, today at party president Navjot Singh Sidhu’s residence, in Patiala.

Patiala’s first mayor left SAD joins congress; eyeing party ticket

Vishnu Sharma, who remained district congress (urban) president, first mayor of Patiala city from 2002-2007 left congress after differences with Capt Amarinder Singh ,Preneet kaur and joined shiromani akali dal in April 2014. Later akali government appointed him as Chairman,Improvement Trust Patiala.

Vishnu is the brother of IAS officer SK Sharma and SSP Ferozepur Narender Bhargav and the trio had called shots in the 2002-07 Congress government by holding key positions.

January 17,2022