The appointment of Sachin Pilot as the new AICC General Secretary in-charge of Punjab affairs indicates a strategic shift by the party high command aimed at appeasing dissenting Punjab Congress leaders who had accused outgoing in-charge Bhupesh Baghel of siding with incumbent PPCC chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring. The move also signals a major shake-up in PPCC, including the likely replacement of Warring and other changes in the state unit.