Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned as the Chief Minister of Punjab. (file)
Chandigarh:
Amarinder Singh, who stepped down as chief minister on Saturday after escalating political crisis in the state with rival Navjot Singh Sidhu, refused to accept his party colleague as his successor and left the door open on leaving the Congress. . .
“For the sake of my country, I will oppose his (Navjot Singh Sidhu) name for Punjab Chief Minister. It is a matter of national security. Pakistan PM Imran Khan is his friend. Sidhu has relations with Army Chief General Qamar Javed. . Bajwa,” Mr Singh told NDTV.
The former chief minister, popularly known as Captain, said, “Navjot Singh Sidhu is an incompetent man. He was a complete disaster in my government. He could not run a ministry that I had given him. He stayed for seven months.” Files not approved.” .
Asked if he would continue in the Congress, the 79-year-old said, “I can’t answer that right now.”
Speaking to news agency ANI, he also revealed that Congress chief Sonia Gandhi called him this morning after saying that he was going to step down as he was humiliated. Congress President Sonia Gandhi said after speaking to him on his resignation this morning, ‘I am sorry Amarinder’.
Declaring himself to feel humiliated for the third time, Congress veteran Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned as the chief minister of Punjab, ending a chapter of discontent but the state headed for elections in almost four months. opened yet another uncertainty for the ruling party.
Amarinder Singh, one of the most powerful regional satraps of the Congress, tendered his resignation after speaking to party president Sonia Gandhi and shortly before an important meeting of the Congress Legislature Party.
After submitting his resignation to Governor Banwarilal Purohit, he told reporters outside the Punjab Raj Bhavan, “The thing is that the party has called the MLAs for the third time.
More than 50 party legislators had reportedly written to Ms Gandhi demanding that Amarinder Singh be replaced as chief minister, a move that sparked a fracas between her and Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was recently arrested. Recently, the state Congress president was made against the wishes of the senior leader. . The Congress has 80 MLAs in the 117-member state assembly.
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