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Punjab: Congress Legislative Party requests Sonia Gandhi to choose next CM

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Punjab: Congress Legislative Party requests Sonia Gandhi to choose next CM
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Punjab Congress Crisis: The Congress Legislative Party (CLP) unanimously passed a resolution to give party president Sonia Gandhi power to nominate the new Chief Minister of Punjab after Captain Amarinder Singh stepped down, said Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat on Saturday. After the CLP meeting in Punjab, Harish Rawat said the party has sent two resolutions to the high command which were passed in the Congress Legislative Party meeting.
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Also Read | Punjab Congress Crisis: Captain Amarinder Singh resigns Farmers join Congress rallies in Bengaluru to support Delhi stir, top leaders detained | India News,The Indian Express "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," said Rawat. Also read | Deadline to link PAN-Aadhaar extended till March 2022
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"We've sent two resolutions to party high command which were passed in Congress Legislative Party meeting today. We're waiting for their (party high command) decision," he added. The second resolution passed by the CLP praised Captain Amarinder Singh. 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." Earlier today, Captain Amarinder Singh resigned as Chief Minister of Punjab, citing continued humiliation by the Congress leadership over the past two months. The Chief Minister made it clear that he would explore and exercise his future options when the time comes. Captain Amarinder Singh said he would decide his future political course of action in consultation with his supporters who have stood by him for over five decades. "There is always an option, and I will use that option when the time comes...at the moment I am still in Congress," he said after submitting his resignation. -PTC News-
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