Following humiliating defeat, Navjot Singh Sidhu resigns as Punjab Congress chief

Chandigarh, Mar 16:After facing the humiliating defeat in the Punjab election from the opposition, Congress party's Punjab chief Navjot Singh Sidhu who was earlier dreaming about becoming the CM of the state has now resigned from his post today.

 

 

 

Sidhu gave this information via social media with a copy of his resignation letter. As desired by the Congress President I have sent my resignation," Sidhu said in a tweet as he posted the one-line resignation letter.

 

The Congress faced a humiliating defeat in Punjab, winning only 18 seats, while the Aam Aadmi Party romped home with 92 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly.

 

 

Sidhu has himself lost to the Aam Aadmi Party's Jeevanjot Kaur from the Amritsar East Assembly seat by 6,750 votes. He had taken over as the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president in July last year. Several Punjab Congress candidates on Tuesday had blamed indiscipline and infighting among the state unit leaders for the party's crushing defeat.

 

This just come day after, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday asked the party's state unit chiefs in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, and Manipur to resign, following the poor performances at the recently-concluded polls in five states.

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