Congress veteran after resigning from the post of Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh Said on Saturday that he would oppose the name of state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu for the new CM face, reported news agency ANI.
“…Navjot Singh Sidhu is an incompetent man, he is going to be a disaster. I will oppose his name for the next CM face,” said Amarinder Singh.
“He is a friend of (Pakistan Army Chief) Qamar Javed Bajwa and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, I will oppose it if he is chosen as the next CM face,” the news agency quoted him as saying.
When the political tussle in the Punjab Congress intensified in August, the party’s central leadership tried to bury the hatch by appointing Navjot Singh Sidhu as party chief against Amarinder Singh’s wishes.
CM’s resignation
Amarinder submitted his resignation to Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit during the day, limiting the months-long power struggle that has polarized the ruling party in the state.
After this he had said that the party high command can make whoever has confidence in the next CM.
“I had informed Congress President Sonia Gandhi this morning that I will tender my resignation today. There was an element of doubt in the party that I cannot run the government. I feel humiliated,” Singh said after resigning.
He said that the central leadership has summoned him thrice in the last two months.
When asked about the future course of action, Amarinder Singh said, “As far as my future politics is concerned, there is always an option and I will exercise that option when the time comes.”
An official release said that his wife Preneet Kaur, MP, accompanied him to the Governor’s House. MPs Gurjit Singh Aujla and Ravneet Singh Bittu, AG Atul Nanda and Chief Principal Secretary to CM Suresh Kumar along with their son Raninder Singh were also present.
This development has come just four months before the assembly elections in Punjab.
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