The factional war in Punjab Congress continued on Wednesday as Captain Amarinder Singh’s loyalists — five woman MLAs — slammed former chief minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal saying she was “known to be winning from Lehragaga assembly segment only because of Akalis’ help.” The MLAs were responding to Bhattal’s reported remark that Amarinder had won the 2014 elections from Amritsar Lok Sabha seat with support of Akali Dal. In a statement released on Wednesday, women legislators — Karan Kaur Brar, Aruna Chaudhary, Harchand Kaur, Preneet Kaur and GurIqbal Kaur — questioned Bhattal’s “moral” authority to make such a statement when she was known to be winning from Lehragaga assembly segment only because of Akalis’ help.