Cricketer-Turned-Politician Navjot Singh Sidhu Resigns As Punjab Congress Chief
Chandigarh, Mar 16: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday said he has resigned as the party’s Punjab chief. The cricketer-turned-politician shared the information about his resignation on his twitter handle.
This comes a day after Congress President Sonia Gandhi on March 15 asked the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Presidents, of five states that went to the polls recently, to put in their resignations in order to facilitate reorganisation of state units.
As desired by the Congress President I have sent my resignation , his tweet read. Following the party’s drubbing in the recently held Assembly polls in five states, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday had asked its state unit chiefs in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur to put in their papers.
The Congress party put up a dismal performance in the recently concluded assembly elections held in five states. It failed to dislodge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh.
With the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) forming the government in Punjab, the Congress party lost its hold on one of the last few states remaining under its rule.
Earlier, speculations were rife that the Congress may rejig its leadership, or advance the organisational polls slated for later this year. However, following a four-hour-long meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) on March 13 said that Sonia Gandhi will continue to serve as the Congress’ interim president.
