Punjab Congress' infighting leads to Amarinder Singh's resignation, know all major developments - In pics

Hours after Amarinder Singh resigned from the post of Punjab Chief Minister on Saturday (September 18), the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) unanimously authorised party chief Sonia Gandhi to select his successor. The decision will be taken by Congress party high command. Let's take a look at the top developments

After stepping down from the post, Amarinder Singh told reporters that he felt "humiliated" and had conveyed this to Sonia Gandhi. When asked if he is in talks with BJP, Singh asserted, “No talks with anyone, just submitted my resignation to Governor today.” 

Amarinder called Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu “incompetent” and said he will oppose any move to make Sidhu chief ministerial candidate for reasons of "national security".  

Addressing media after the CLP meeting, Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat said the party has sent two resolutions to the high command. “We had a tradition of requesting Congress president to elect the Chief Minister. Punjab unit of the party kept the tradition and unanimously passed the resolution asking Sonia Gandhi Ji to chose the new Chief Minister," Rawat told ANI.

Congress observer for Punjab, Ajay Maken, who was also present during the meeting said, "There was no discussion on the name (of CLP leader) in the meeting."