Capt Amarinder Singh resigns from Congress, announces new party ahead of Punjab elections; Details inside-
Amarinder Singh had resigned in September as the chief minister and had announced that he will be quitting the Congress after months of a rift with Congress state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.
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Chandigarh, Nov 2: Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh resigned from the Congress party and announced a new party 'Punjab Lok Congress' ahead of Punjab Assembly elections. In a letter written to party’s working president Sonia Gandhi, he said that despite his profound reservations Navjot Singh Sidhu was appointed Punjab State Congress. He said that Sidhu is of unstable mind and one day Congress will regret this decision.
"I have today sent my resignation to @INCIndia President Ms Sonia Gandhi ji, listing my reasons for the resignation. 'Punjab Lok Congress' is the name of the new party. The registration is pending approval with the @ECISVEEP. The party symbol will be approved later," Amarinder Singh tweeted.
“Despite my profound reservations and over the unanimous advice of almost all the MPs from Punjab, you chose to appoint an acolyte of the Pakistani deep state Navjyot Singh Sindhu who had publicly hugged the Pakistan Army Chief Gen Bajwa and Prime Minister Imran Khan, as the President of the Punjab Congress Committee,” he wrote.
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He further said, “You thought I was getting on in years and should be put to pasture. I am neither tired nor retired. I feel I have a lot to give and contribute to my beloved Punjab. I intend to soldier on and not fade away,” he said.
Captain Amarinder also said that he is hurt by the behaviour of Sonia Gandhi as well as her children, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi. “Having been put through this exercise during past few months, I do hope that no other senior Congressperson is subjected to the ignominy that I was put through.
He further said, “You thought I was getting on in years and should be put to pasture. I am neither tired nor retired. I feel I have a lot to give and contribute to my beloved Punjab. I intend to soldier on and not fade away,” he said.
Captain Amarinder also said that he is hurt by the behaviour of Sonia Gandhi as well as her children, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi. “Having been put through this exercise during past few months, I do hope that no other senior Congressperson is subjected to the ignominy that I was put through.
Singh had resigned in September as the chief minister and had announced that he will be quitting the Congress after months of a rift with Congress state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.
He had resigned ahead of Congress legislature party meeting which was called amid unending factional battles in the ruling Congress in the state. Singh was replaced by Charanjit Singh Channi as the chief minister of the state.
