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'Told You So, He Is Not A Stable Man': Captain Amarinder Singh Tweets After Navjot Sidhu Resigns As Punjab Congress Chief
IANS
Sep 28, 2021, 03:57 PM | Updated 03:57 PM IST
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Unhappy over the first expansion of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's cabinet, state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday (28 September) resigned from his post. But he said he would continue in the party.
He announced his resignation on his Twitter handle in just an hour after Channi announced allocation of portfolios to his Cabinet colleagues.
In a letter to party President Sonia Gandhi, he wrote, "The collapse of a man's character stems from the compromise corner, I can never compromise on Punjab's future and the agenda for the welfare of Punjab."
"Therefore, I hereby resign as the President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Will continue to serve the Congress," he added.
It is learnt that Sidhu was upset over the non-inclusion of the MLAs of his choice in the expanded Cabinet and the appointment of new Advocate General, A P S Deol.
On Sidhu's resignation, former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh tweeted, "I told you so... he is not a stable man and not fit for the border state of Punjab."
(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)
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