Congress is going to get a big setback. Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced to quit the Congress. Amarinder Singh on Thursday said that he will no longer be in the Congress and will resign from the party, but will also not join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Not only this, after this statement, he has also changed his Twitter bio.
Singh has removed Congress from his profile on Twitter. The Captain has now written in the bio about the career of the army, the former CM of Punjab and continuous work in the service of the state. If some media reports are to be believed, Amarinder Singh may launch a new party before the Punjab Assembly elections to be held next year. Singh had resigned from the post of Punjab CM on 18 September.
In a conversation with NDTV on Thursday, he also claimed that the graph of Aam Aadmi Party is increasing in Punjab, but the popularity of Congress has decreased by 20 percent. After meeting Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, he also met National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday. Singh said that he has met Doval regarding the security concerns related to Punjab.
When asked if he would join BJP, he said that I am not going to join BJP. He insisted that I am in Congress for the time being, but will not be there for long. I have clarified that I have been in politics for 52 years and have been in Congress for a long time. If after 50 years my credibility was doubted, not believed, then what was left? So I left the chief minister’s post.
Also, the Captain said that I will resign from the Congress. Replying to another question, the former Chief Minister said that in the last survey, Aam Aadmi Party is going ahead, Congress is going down. Congress’s popularity has declined by 20 per cent. People do not have faith in Navjot Singh Sidhu. He said that new power is coming in Punjab.
When asked whether he would form a new party, Singh said, “You will come to know about it when I take any step.” Hitting out at Sidhu once again, Singh said that he is not a serious person and cannot work with everyone together. Praising Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, he said that he is a very educated person. He did a good job with me as a minister. It is imperative that Sidhu let them work. Sidhu wants to dominate.
He said that the Congress leadership should listen to G23. Amarinder Singh had resigned from the chief minister’s post after a tussle with Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu. After him Charanjit Singh Channi was made the new Chief Minister of Punjab. After this, Sidhu resigned from the post of state Congress president on Tuesday.
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