Punjab Politics Punjab Lok Congress: Amarinder Singh announces new party
Chandigarh/IBNS: Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Tuesday said he has floated his own party -- the Punjab Lok Congress and the party's registration is pending with the Election Commission of India.
The veteran politician announced a new party after just over a month he was forced to step down as the Punjab CM following prolonged attacks by Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and Congress High Command's silence over the entire issue.
I have today sent my resignation to @INCIndia President Ms Sonia Gandhi ji, listing my reasons for the resignation.
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) November 2, 2021
‘Punjab Lok Congress’ is the name of the new party. The registration is pending approval with the @ECISVEEP. The party symbol will be approved later. pic.twitter.com/Ha7f5HKouq
Singh has said his party would fight the Punjab elections due next year and talk to other parties on seat-sharing deals.
An "issue-based" alliance with the BJP is possible and may strike a seat-sharing arrangement if the ongoing farmers' protest is resolved in their favour.
"I never said that I will align with the BJP. All I said was that I, my party, will look for a seat-sharing agreement," he said. "In military parlance, it's called concentration of forces," he remarked, adding that he hasn't spoken to the BJP on this.
Slamming Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, he said that the two leaders had patronised his arch rival and Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu.
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