Punjab Cong MLAs authorise Sonia to pick new CM

September 18, 2021 19:51

Punjab Congress MLAs on Saturday authorised party president Sonia Gandhi to pick new Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, on a day Amarinder Singh resigned as the state chief minister.

A resolution to this effect was passed unanimously in a meeting of the CLP in Chandigarh.

Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken, who was one of the two central observers deputed by the party, told reporters that 78 of 80 party MLAs were present in the meeting.

He said another resolution praising and thanking Amarinder Singh for his contribution towards Punjab and the Congress was also unanimously passed at the meeting.

"We expect that the party will continue to get guidance of Amarinder Singh," he said. -- PTI

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