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Capt Amarinder Submits His Resignation

(New Delhi) Capt Amarinder Submits His Resignation
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh asked to Step Down
So he has submitted his papers to Governor ,ahead of the crucial Congress Legislature Party meeting in Chandigarh on Saturday evening
Earlier in the day, Amarinder Singh spoke to Congress president Smt Sonia Gandhi and expressed his anguish and displeasure over his repeated “humiliation”
Elections in the state are due in about four months
I feel humiliated…,” Singh told reporters outside the Punjab Raj Bhawan after submitting his resignation to the governor.
He submitted his resignation along with that of his council of ministers
Singh’s resignation came hours before a crucial meeting of the Congress Legislature Party on Saturday evening.
“The thing is that this is the third time the party called the MLAs.
You have an element of doubt on me…. I feel humiliated,” he told reporters.
“I have resigned,” he said, adding that the Congress can make anyone the leadership trusts the chief minister.
Asked about his future course of action, he said, “As far as my future politics is concerned, there is always an option and I will use that option when time comes.”
“I am in the Congress party. I will talk to my supporters and decide future course of politics,” he said.
Singh said he decided this morning to resign from his post and that he had spoken to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and informed her about his decision.
Singh was accompanied by his wife and MP Preneet Kaur and son Raninder Singh when he submitted his resignation to Governor Banwarilal Purohit.
“I am proud to accompany my father to Raj Bhawan when he submits his resignation as CM of Punjab and leads us as head of our family into a new beginning,” Raninder Singh said in a tweet earlier.