CHANDIGARH: In a dramatic turn of events ahead of Punjab Assembly polls, Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday stepped down as Chief Minister minutes before the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) was to meet to elect a new leader on the directions of the party high command.
Amarinder Singh submitted the resignation of his Council of Ministers to Governor Banwarilal Purohit who accepted it and asked him to continue till the next arrangement.
The CLP, in its meeting, passed a resolution to give party president Sonia Gandhi power to nominate a new CM.
Addressing the media after the meeting, the Congress in charge of Punjab, Harish Rawat said the party has sent two resolutions to the high command that were passed in the CLP meeting.
“We have a tradition of requesting the party president to name the CM. Carrying forward that tradition, the party has unanimously passed a resolution asking Sonia Gandhi to select the CM,” Rawat said.
Party Observers Ajay Makan and Harish Chaudhary were also present in the CLP meeting.
Through another resolution, the CLP praised Captain Amarinder Singh for the works done by him as the Chief Minister.
Speaking to media persons after his resignation, Amarinder cited continued humiliation by the Congress leadership over the past two months as the reason for his move.
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