Team News Riveting
Chandigarh, September 18
Before putting in his papers, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh called Congress President Sonia Gandhi and bluntly told her that it was hard to work with such humiliation.
“I called Sonia Gandhi and told her I am resigning. The thing is—this is the third time in a few months that they called the MLAs. You have any element of doubt in me. I feel humiliated the way things were handled,” said Singh whose tenure as CM lasted nine and a half years. Singh made it clear that he had resigned as CM but not from the party.
Singh drove to Raj Bhawan and submitted his resignation to Governor Banwarilal Purohit
Asserting that future politics is always an option, Singh said he would decide the future course of action in consultation with friends and supporters. “I will now work with my friends and supporters, talk to them and decide the future course of action,” he said, announcing a pause that should not be read as a full stop to his 52-year-long political career.
“In two months, the party had called MLAs thrice. I decided to quit and now they can name as CM anyone they want,” said Singh flanked by supporters, including son Raninder Singh, outside the Punjab Raj Bhawan.
