Congress veteran Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned as Punjab CM. This development came after over 50 MLAs in the party wrote to Sonia Gandhi seeking that Amarinder Singh be replaced as chief minister.

"I feel humiliated...," Amarinder Singh told reporters.

He submitted his resignation along with that of his council of ministers, his media advisor said. ..@capt_amarinder has met Punjab Governor and submitted his and his council of ministers' resignation.

He will address the media at the Raj Bhavan gate in a few minutes from now, his media advisor said on Twitter.

According to sources, Amarinder Singh’s bete-noire and PCC president Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is eyeing the chief minister’s post is not on the list of probables for the chief minister’s replacement. Trouble between the two factions has been brewing for a long and Amarinder Singh was strongly opposed to Sidhu’s appointment as PCC chief.

Sidhu has been at loggerheads with Amarinder Singh ever since he quit the Punjab cabinet as a minister in 2019. He had become more vocal in his views in the last some months. Last month, four ministers and around two dozen party legislators had raised a banner of revolt against the Punjab CM and said that they had no faith in Amarinder Singh’s ability to honour unfulfilled promises.

Elections in the state are due in about four months.

-With PTI inputs

(Edited by : Anshul)

First Published:Sept 18, 2021 4:50 PM IST