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Chandigarh, Sep 20 (PTI) Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday accompanied party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in a flight to Delhi, said party sources on Wednesday.
Rahul and Priyanka returned from Shimla and they took a flight to Delhi from Chandigarh airport on Wednesday evening, said party sources.
Jakhar accompanied them on the flight, they further said.
The former state Congress chief on Monday had questioned the AICC general secretary Harish Rawat"s reported statement that the upcoming elections would be fought under the leadership of Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Jakhar was the frontrunner for the post of leader of the Punjab Congress Legislative Party but later the party high command chose Charanjit Singh Channi, who belongs to the Scheduled Caste community.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet expansion of the Channi-led Cabinet was on the cards.