Chandigarh: Former Chief Minister Punjab Captain amarinder Singh has dismissed claims made by one of the cabinet ministers that he will return Congress and will meet party chief soon Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
“These are malicious and mischievous notions which are apparently created with an ulterior motive,” Amarinder said. He said that since he was busy shaping his party and finalizing its organizational set-up, there was no question of him looking back.
“We await the registration of our party – Punjab Lok Congress – and allotment of the party’s emblem by the Election Commission of India,” he said.
Earlier in the day, Social Justice Minister Raj Kumar Verka made a statement in Amritsar that Amarinder may return to the Congress soon.
The former chief minister had resigned from the party on November 2, saying he was hurt by the conduct of Sonia and her children – Rahul and Priyanka.
He also revealed the name of his new political party on the same day. Amid the political turmoil in the Congress, Captain Amarinder submitted his resignation as Chief Minister to Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on September 18, ahead of the Congress Legislature Party meeting, saying he had been asked by the party high command for the past two months. constantly being humiliated.
Meanwhile, Congress MPs Patiala and Amarinder’s wife Preneet Kaur along with some municipal councilors of Patiala met Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday. The councilors claimed that they had met the chief minister to apprise him of the local issues of Patiala.
“These are malicious and mischievous notions which are apparently created with an ulterior motive,” Amarinder said. He said that since he was busy shaping his party and finalizing its organizational set-up, there was no question of him looking back.
“We await the registration of our party – Punjab Lok Congress – and allotment of the party’s emblem by the Election Commission of India,” he said.
Earlier in the day, Social Justice Minister Raj Kumar Verka made a statement in Amritsar that Amarinder may return to the Congress soon.
The former chief minister had resigned from the party on November 2, saying he was hurt by the conduct of Sonia and her children – Rahul and Priyanka.
He also revealed the name of his new political party on the same day. Amid the political turmoil in the Congress, Captain Amarinder submitted his resignation as Chief Minister to Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on September 18, ahead of the Congress Legislature Party meeting, saying he had been asked by the party high command for the past two months. constantly being humiliated.
Meanwhile, Congress MPs Patiala and Amarinder’s wife Preneet Kaur along with some municipal councilors of Patiala met Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday. The councilors claimed that they had met the chief minister to apprise him of the local issues of Patiala.
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