{
  "id": 6446448,
  "title": "‘Pilot is a good leader’: Channi backs new Punjab Congress in-charge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/pilot-is-a-good-leader-channi-backs-new-punjab-congress-in-charge",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T17:27:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pilot-is-a-good-leader-channi-backs-new-punjab-congress-in-charge-says-appointment-brings-new-hope/articleshow/133976461.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has welcomed Sachin Pilot’s appointment as the party’s general secretary in-charge of Punjab, describing Pilot as a \"good leader\" and expressing optimism that this appointment will benefit the Congress party ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections. Channi, along with Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Gurdaspur MLA Barindermeet Singh Pahra, met Pilot in Delhi after he was given charge, and Channi expressed confidence that the Congress would form the next government in Punjab. The meeting comes amid factionalism within the Punjab Congress, with some leaders demanding the removal of Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring. However, Randhawa denied any such request, stating that decisions regarding the state Congress president and other leadership matters lie with the party high command.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}