Sonia, who brought Congress to Congress, said – Sorry Amarinder: Captain hurt by Blue Star left Congress in 1984 and went to Akali Dal; In 1992, if Badal did not give ticket, he formed a separate party, returned in 1998.

Captain Amarinder Singh has played an important role in strengthening the Congress in Punjab. The party reached power in 2002 and 2017 only by putting forward the face of Captain. If we look at the current leadership of Punjab Congress, then Captain is the only leader who himself has the former Prime Minister Late. Rajiv Gandhi brought in politics. Although Captain had left the Congress once before, but after 14 years he returned to the party again on the request of Sonia Gandhi and that too in the name of strengthening the Congress.

On Saturday morning, when the Captain spoke to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on the entire episode, she said this time sorry Amarinder. Hours later, the Captain submitted his resignation to the Governor. Captain Amarinder Singh, who joined the army’s Sikh regiment as a captain in the year 1963, left the army in 1965 after the war with Pakistan. The Captain and Rajiv Gandhi studied together at the famous Sanawar School and were friends from that time.

Indira Gandhi was angry with Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi’s love marriage and at that time Captain Amarinder Singh of the Patiala royal family had accommodated Rajiv and Sonia in his palace. In the year 1980, at the behest of Rajiv Gandhi, Captain contested for the first time and became a Lok Sabha MP. Former Prime Minister In 1984, during the tenure of Indira Gandhi, Captain left the Congress after being hurt by the Operation Blue Star on the Golden Temple.

Became MLA from Akali Dal twice

After leaving Congress, Captain Amarinder Singh joined Shiromani Akali Dal and was elected MLA from Talwandi Sabo seat of Bathinda. The Captain became a minister in the then Akali Dal government and took over the Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Panchayati Raj.

If Badal did not give the seat, he left the party.

In the year 1992, the Captain sought Dakala assembly seat from Shiromani Akali Dal but the party gave ticket to Gurcharan Singh Tohda’s Jawai Harmel Singh Tohda from there. After this, the Captain asked for Talwandi Sabo seat from where he had become MLA twice, but under pressure from former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, he was not even given that seat. Actually Badal did not want the captain to be strong.

Your party flopped, lost itself too

Angered by not getting ticket from Akali Dal, Captain left Shiromani Akali Dal and formed a new party named Akali Dal Panthak in 1992. However, in the 1998 assembly elections, Captain’s party could not do much and Captain himself got only 856 votes from his seat.

Went to Congress at the behest of Sonia

In 1998, Sonia Gandhi took over the reins of the Congress, with whom the Captain family had cordial relations. On Sonia’s insistence, the Captain merged his party with the Congress and in 1999, the Congress High Command made Captain Amarinder Singh the President of the Congress in Punjab.

Captain gave power in 2002

The Congress fought the 2002 assembly elections in Punjab under the leadership of Captain Amarinder Singh and won 62 of the 117 assembly seats. Captain’s popularity was at its peak at that time and people still remember his tenure as CM from 2002 to 2007. However, in the last year of the government, the city center scam came to light in Punjab and the Congress lost power.

Contested election in front of Jaitley at the behest of Sonia

During the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the wave of Narendra Modi was going on in the country. There was an Akali-BJP coalition government in Punjab. On the request of Akali Dal, BJP fielded Arun Jaitley by cutting ticket of its sitting MP Navjot Sidhu from Amritsar. At that time the Congress did not have a strong face in front of Jaitley, so Sonia Gandhi asked Captain Amarinder Singh to contest the election at the last minute. Captain not only contested the elections on the orders of Sonia Gandhi but also defeated Arun Jaitley by more than one lakh votes.

After 10 years, Captain gave power to Congress

Till a year before the 2017 assembly elections in Punjab, Rahul Gandhi’s close friend Pratap Bajwa was the state Congress president and had a figure of thirty-six from Capt. The Captain himself wanted the chair of the State Congress President and bowing to his pressure, the high command removed Pratap Bajwa and sent him to the Rajya Sabha. In 2016, Navjot Sidhu also joined the Congress party.

In the 2017 assembly elections, the Congress won more than 70 seats under the leadership of Captain. During the 2019 Lok Sabha election campaign, the captain had a rift with Sidhu and after that gradually Sidhu, along with the angry faction with the captain, finally got him to resign. However, who will benefit or lose if the Captain resigns from the post of CM 6 months before the assembly elections? This will be clear only after the assembly elections to be held in 2022.