Captain Amarinder Singh resigned as the chief minister of Punjab on Saturday, months before the state elections. He met Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh and submitted his and his council of ministers’ resignation. 

The announcement comes hours after Singh, who is facing renewed trouble from other state leaders,  told Congress chief Sonia Gandhi that he can’t continue in the party with this kind of humiliation.     

This is the third time that state Congress leaders have revolted against Amarinder Singh, accusing him of not honouring promises made to the people of the state. Last month, four ministers and around two dozen party legislators had raised a banner against him saying they had no faith in his ability to honour unfulfilled promises.

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Talking to the press after resigning, Amarinder Singh expressed his unhappiness with the party leadership’s decision.

“I feel humiliated by the way talks transpired,” he told the reporters, adding that he had been summoned by the central leadership thrice in the last two months.

“I spoke with the Congress president this morning, told them that I will be resigning today… This is the third time in recent months in meeting MLAs… which is why I decided to quit,” he said.

“…Did they have an element of doubt that I couldn’t run the govt…I feel humiliated…Whoever they have faith in, can make them (CM), he added.

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Amarinder Singh was born on 11 March 1942 and is publicly known as Captain Amarinder Singh. An elected MLA from Patiala, he was also the president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, the state division of the Indian National Congress. He has previously served as the Punjab CM from 2002-2007.