Captain Amarinder, Congress MLAs resign from LS, Assembly in wake of SYL verdict
Chandigarh: Minutes after the Supreme Court announced its verdict on the controversial and long-pending SYL issue, Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday resigned his Lok Sabha seat, even as all party MLAs quit their Assembly seats, in protest against the injustice meted out to the people of the state.
Captain Amarinder has sent his resignation to the Lok Sabha Speaker and has also sought a personal meeting next week. The party MLAs have also sent their resignations to the Speaker, Punjab Assembly, and will meet him tomorrow morning to personally hand over their papers.
In his resignation, Captain Amarinder said he had decided to quit as member of the 16th Lok Sabha from Amritsar constituency in Punjab with immediate effect “as a mark of protest against the deprivation of the people of my state of the much-needed Sutlej river water.”
Describing the SYL judgement by the apex court as a “major blow to the people of Punjab,” Captain Amarinder said he had always fought for their legitimate right on this issue and continues to stand by them at this critical juncture in the state’s journey.
