New Delhi: Even before the meeting of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) in Punjab — scheduled to be held on Saturday evening — the party’s high command is learnt to have asked Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to put in his papers to facilitate the election of a new leader. If sources are to be believed he will submit his resignation at 3.30 pm today.
Earlier this morning, Captain Amarinder spoke to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and told her he is being humiliated and will instead resign from the party.
The shocking turn of events in the state Congress is unfolding even as the AICC has decided to convene a meeting of the CLP to sort out the misgivings in the wake of a fresh letter by a section of the MLAs, apparently from the Navjot Singh Sidhu's group.
The probable names that are doing rounds for the chief minister’s post include former PCC president Sunil Jakhar, minister Sukhjinder Randhawa and former CM Rajender Kaur Bhattal.
After the conversation between Captain Amarinder spoke to Congress president Sonia Gandhi this morning, the top party leadership got into action this morning to convey to Captain Amarinder Singh the wish of the party high command and the Punjab Congress MLAs.
