Capt. Amrinder Singh to become new governor of Maharashtra? Here's what former Punjab CM told media

Calling it a "Pure speculation", BJP leader and former Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amrinder Singh on Thursday  rebutted reports circulating in the media that he was being considered for the position of  the new Governor of Maharashtra. Singh, however, added that he will follow whatever the party's high command will ask him to do. 

“It's purely speculative. Nobody has contacted me. I know nothing about it. Nobody has mentioned anything. I had told PM earlier, I am at his disposal wherever he wants me to be,” said the 80-year-old leader. 

This statement comes at the heels of several media reports claiming that Amrinder Singh is likely going to be appointed as the new Governor of Maharashtra after the incumbent Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari expressed his desire to step down from the post.

Koshyari, who had faced opposition criticism and demands for his resignation over several issues during his tenure, had said that he had conveyed to the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi that he wanted to be free from all political responsibilities and spend the remainder of his life in reading, writing, and other activities. 

Amrinder Singh is said to have a good equation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In 2022, The Bharitya Janata Party had included Singh in the 83-member National Executive.In November 2021, Singh resigned from the Congress party after the appointment of Navjot Singh Sidhu as the president of the Punjab Congress Committee and formed his own party Punjab Lok Congress. Recently he has merged his party with the BJP.