New Delhi (SunstarTV Bureau): Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh soon going to form a new party in which the name of new party will be ‘Punjab Vikas Party’, reported IANS.
Reportedly, Amarinder Singh will convene a meeting of leaders close to him in a few days to consider the formation of his new party, which will include all the leaders of the anti-Sidhu faction.
Earlier, the Captain had said that his first goal is to defeat former Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu. In such a situation, a strong contender will be fielded in the upcoming Assembly elections against Sidhu from his newly-formed party.
The Captain Singh said on Thursday that in his 52 years long political career, he has ill-treated by Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi, who asked him to resign. However, been silent he submitted his resignation.
“If you still doubt me after 50 years, my credibility is at stake and there is no trust, then there is no point in being in the party,” said the former Punjab CM.
After the statement, he announced that of quitting the party.
In 1980 he won the Lok Sabha elections on the Congress symbol, but after the Operation Blue Star in 1984, he left the Congress to join the Akali Dal. He re-joined the Congress in 1998.
