The Congress is likely to announce a new Punjab chief minister on Sunday after a meeting of the party MLAs in the state with the central l...
The Congress is likely to announce a new Punjab chief minister on Sunday after a meeting of the party MLAs in the state with the central leadership, NDTV reported.
The Congress Legislature Party meeting, scheduled to take place in Chandigarh, will be the second time the MLAs will hold talks with central leaders since Amarinder Singh resigned from the chief minister’s post on Saturday.
“A meeting of MLAs was held with [Congress’ Punjab in-charge] Harish Rawat ji and [General Secretary] Ajay Maken ji yesterday,” Pawan Goel, working president of the Congress Punjab unit told reporters on Sunday. “A resolution was passed that [party chief] Sonia Gandhi ji’s decision will be final on this matter. Today you will get to know her decision.”
Congress MLAs Pargat Singh and Kuldeep Singh Vaid also said that they were waiting for Gandhi and other leaders to make a decision about Amarinder Singh’s successor, ANI reported.
Meanwhile, former party President Rahul Gandhi held a separate late-night meeting on Saturday with Congress General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal and Rajya Sabha MP Ambika Soni, ANI reported. Media reports suggested that Soni, a veteran leader of the party, was among the probable candidates to take over as Punjab chief minister.
But Soni has turned down the offer saying that not having a Sikh as the chief minister of Punjab can have...
