Punjab Congress Crisis Live Updates: Navjot Sidhu Quits Party Post, "Told You So...," Says Amarinder Singh

 Punjab Congress Crisis Live Updates: Navjot Sidhu Quits Party Post, "Told You So...," Says Amarinder Singh

New Delhi: 

The ongoing crisis in Punjab deepened today with Navjot Singh Sidhu's surprise resignation as the chief of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. "I told you so... he is not a stable man and not fit for the border state of Punjab," said Amarinder Singh, the former Chief Minister, shortly after. The resignation comes just months before the Punjab election.

Mr Sidhu, however, in a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, said he will continue to serve the party. He had taken over as the state party chief in July this year.

"The collapse of a man's character stems from the compromise corner, I can never compromise on Punjab's future and the agenda for the welfare of Punjab," he wrote in the letter.

Meanwhile, Amarinder Singh is presently in Delhi, days after his unceremonious exit from the government. His visit is "personal" and there is "no need for speculation", the former Punjab Chief Minister's media advisor tweeted today.

He had resigned amid a bitter power tussle with Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. After resigning as Punjab chief minister, Amarinder Singh had said he felt “humiliated.”

Here are the Live updates on Punjab Congress Crisis:

Punjab Crisis: What Punjab Chief Minister Said On Navjot Sidhu Resignation Shocker
Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi declared Tuesday that he would "lead the people of Punjab to Delhi" and sit outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence to support the farmers' protest against the centre's controversial farm laws.

"I will lead the people of Punjab to Delhi... I will sit outside PM's residence in protest against the farm laws..." Mr Channi told reporters this evening, minutes after Navjot Sidhu resigned as chief of the Congress' state unit, triggering a fresh leadership crisis for the Congress in the poll-bound state.

The declaration has been seen as significant given that opposition parties in Punjab had repeatedly criticised the ruling Congress over his predecessor - Amarinder Singh - not doing something similar.