Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh to join BJP on Sept 19

Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh to join BJP on Sept 19

Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) spokesperson said that Singh is also likely to merge his party PLC with the BJP in the national capital on September 19. The development comes after Singh met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.

Rajesh MoudgilUpdated: Friday, September 16, 2022, 07:59 PM IST
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Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh | ANI photo

Chandigarh: Former two-time Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh would join the BJP next week merging his Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) with the saffron party.

According to information, several Congress leaders, including a few former MLAs, are also likely to join the BJP along with the former chief minister.

Capt Amarinder Singh, 80, had remained chief minister of Punjab for two terms - from 2002-2007 and from 2017-2021 and resigned as the Congress chief minister in September 2021 - just four months ahead of his second tenure’s completion - because of the bitter bickering in the party. Singh had floated the PLC last year after resigning on November 2 last year, ending his over 40 years of association with Congress.

Charanjit Singh Channi replaced him as chief minister till the February 2022 elections in which the Congress faced a drubbing. Both Capt Amarinder and Channi lost the elections while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) swept the polls winning 92 out of total 117 seats in Punjab.

However, while Congress could win only 18 seats, the Shiromani Akali Dal, four (including one seat won by its ally BSP), BJP, two and only one independent candidate won, the PLC which had also contested the elections in alliance with the BJP not only failed to win even a single seat but also got fewer votes than NOTA ones.

Singh would join the BJP in the presence of party president J P Nadda in New Delhi. Even though the date of Capt Amarinder Singh’s joining was yet to be confirmed, it was said that it was September 19 and that he leaves for Delhi on Sunday. Capt Amarinder Singh who had recently met Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to get a key role in the BJP.

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