While Sidhu is being tipped to be the next chief minister, Captain Amarinder says he will not accept Sidhu as the chief minister as he will ruin the state.
Chandigarh: In a major political development in Punjab months ahead of the assembly polls, Amarinder Singh stepped down as chief minister just before the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting that later in evening passed a resolution, authorizing Congress president Sonia Gandhi to decide on Amarinder’s replacement.The party under his leadership came to power in the 2017 Punjab assembly polls with a nearly two-third majority.
He has been in control of the government for the last 4.5 years, before cricketer-turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu began a relentless campaign for Amarinder’s ouster that finally resulted in his unceremonious exit.
Talking to the media outside the Punjab governor’s house in Chandigarh after his resignation, Amarinder said, “I felt humiliated by the party affairs in the last three-four months, taking a dig at me that I was not in position to run the government. Hence, I have decided to step down. Now it is up to the party to choose anyone it likes.”
Even as he has told the media that he is very much part of the Congress party, there is still uncertainty about what he will do next.
His statement to the media that “he will consult his supporters and decide his future course of action” is an indication that he may be planning something.