New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- A meeting of the Congress legislative party in Punjab has been called on Saturday, state in-charge Harish Rawat said.

"The AICC has received a representation from a large number of MLAs from the congress party, requesting to immediately convene a meeting of the Congress Legislative Party of Punjab," Rawat said in a tweet.

"Accordingly, a meeting of the CLP has been convened at 5:00 PM on 18th September at Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee office," he said.

Rawat said that the All India Congress Committee asked the Punjab Congress to convene the meeting.

"All congress MLAs of Punjab are requested to kindly attend this meeting," he added.

The meeting comes amid a tussle between state Chief Minister Amrinder Sin...