During the first general election (1952) Gopichand Bhargava got sore with Congress High Command over the allotment of seats and resigned in the protest.

Bhimsen Sachar was tipped to be the leader of the Punjab Congress assembly party in the place of Kairon.

[5] Rift in Council of Ministers Even before Council of Ministers took oath a conflict rose as Partap Singh Kairon objected to 'Revenue' being put in the portfolio of Swaran Singh on the ground that it had been already agreed to between Nehru and him that in addition to 'Development', 'Revenue' including 'Consolidation of Holdings' would also form part of his portfolios.

Sharma was dead set on a final trial of strength between two factions in the organisational setup at the earliest possible opportunity.

He, however, apprehended that the Chief Minister would incline in favour of Kairon and Jagat Narain which may prove detrimental to Sharma.

[7] It was alleged by intelligence sources that on 8 April 1953 the dissident Congressmen numbering about twenty-five had a secret meeting at the residence of Dr Satyapal (then speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly).

Kairon v/s Narain One-time joint faction of Kairon-Narain, both Ministers in Sachar Cabinet showing signs of cleavage.

[11] The blame was on Kairon that he manipulate dissident Congressmen to level certain charges of corruption against Jagat Naraini in Assembly.

[11] On 22 March 1955,[12] during Assembly session, Chief Minister made an offer to opposition legislators that if they were to appoint committee of their own and could bring to his notice any specific charges against Jagat Narain.

On the following day the opposition benches constituted themselves into a Committee and demanded Jagat Narain be relieved of his Education portfolio first.

[13] Kairon v/s Sachar In May 1955, Akali Dal launched Agitation as imposition of restrictions on holding public meetings and organising processions.

U. N. Dhebar, Congress National President, on 5 August blamed Sachar for the lapses and made it categorically clear that "there can be no thought of displacing Kairon or replacing him".

Kairon convinced the Congress High Command that Sachar was incapable of dealing with a Akali agitations in Punjab and lacked rapport with the State Congressman.

To counter the demand for Punjabi Suba by Akali Dal led by Tara Singh, 'Maha Punjab' campaign was started by some groups.