Taking a big action, the Punjab Congress has shown Bathinda Mayor Raman Goyal, Councilor Sukhraj Singh Aulakh, Inderjit Singh, Ratan Singh and Atma Singh the way out of the Congress party.
On the recommendation of President District Congress Committee Bathinda (Urban) Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Amarinder Singh Raja Waring Mayor of Bathinda Municipal Corporation Bathinda Councilor Ratan Goyal (Ward No. 35), Inderjit Singh Councilor (Ward No. 44), Atma Singh Councilor (Ward No. 40), Sukhraj Singh Aulakh Councilor (Ward No. 42) and Rajat Rahi Councilor (Ward No. 46) have been expelled from the party for 6 years. All of them have been charged with anti-party activities and violation of party discipline.