Chandigarh, November 2,2021 (Yes Punjab News)
Senior Congress leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh Tuesday quit the party. He sent a 7-page resignation to Congress Acting President Sonia Gandhi and also announced the name of his new party he proposes to launch. The new party will be known as Punjab Lok Congress.
In his resignation, Amarinder not only mentioned about his long political journey but also listed his achievements.
The former CM also made observations about present political scenario in within the Congress.
He didn’t forget to mention PPCC Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and said that he was made President of State Congress despite his opposition. He said Sidhu not only opposed him but also did not care about his age and seniority.
Amarinder said that he was humiliated and a conspiracy was hatched against him and it was on the behest of Rahul, Priyanka and others while Sonia Gandhi turned a blind eye towards the developments. He also blasted Harish Rawat.
He also said that some of his Ministers and MLAs were into illegal-minning and he regrets having not taken them to task in the interest of the party.
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Amarinder reveals name of party – Punjab Lok Congress
Ending the long wait, former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today revealed the name of his party as Punjab Lok Congress. The registration of the party is pending approval with the Election Commission of India.
Disclosing this here today, Capt Amarinder said, since he had announced earlier that he would be forming his own party, his team of lawyers was working on the process and had applied to the Election Commission of India for the registration.
The Election Commission has no objection to the proposed name, Punjab Lok Congress, he said.
About the party symbol, Capt Amarinder said, the Election Commission had given three symbols from which one was to be chosen. He said, his party has also submitted three different symbols and the final symbol will be chosen from the set of six symbols, three suggested by the Election Commission and three proposed by the party.
The party will be formally launched later. The policies, programmes, agenda and vision will be spelt out at the time of the launch of the party, Capt Amarinder added.
