Captain in his resignation letter to Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, called Navjot Singh Sidhu "an acolyte of Pakistani deep state”
On Tuesday, former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh resigned from the Congress and formed a new party “Punjab Lok Congress” ahead of Punjab Assembly elections. State Transport Minister Amarinder Singh Raja took to twitter to say “Dear Capt Amarinder Singh Sahab, in your letter to Congress President you cited Punjab Congress Chief Sardar Navjot Singh Sidhu 'Hugging' Pak Army Chief and Pak PM as your reason to leave the party. (But) you now are 'Seat Sharing' with Anti-Farmer BJP.”
In his resignation letter to Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, Captain called Navjot Singh Sidhu as "an acolyte of Pakistani deep state.” He further added that "Despite my profound reservations and over the unanimous advice of almost all the MPs from Punjab, you chose to appoint an acolyte of Pakistani deep state Navjot Singh Sidhu who had publicly hugged the Pakistan Army Chief Gen Bajwa and Prime Minister Imran Khan, as the President of the Punjab Congress Committee.”
In September, Mr Singh resigned as the chief minister and announced that he will be quitting the Congress after months of rift with Congress state chief Navjot Singh Sindhu. Last week, Amarinder Singh said that after launching his party he will hold talks for seat-sharing with BJP for the upcoming state Assembly polls.
Captain Amarinder Singh said "I will hold talks for seat-sharing with BJP, breakaway Akali factions and others for Punjab elections once farmers' issue is resolved. I want to build a strong collective force in the interest of Punjab and its farmers.”
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