Not joining BJP, but won’t remain in Congress: Amarinder Singh

New Delhi:  Amarinder Singh has declared that he is not joining the BJP but definitely he is quitting the Congress, putting to rest the speculation about his move after he was forced to quit as Punjab Chief Minister earlier in September.

“So far I am in the Congress but I will not remain in the Congress. I have already made my position very clear. I will not be treated in this manner,” the Captain told NDTV after meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.

Soon after the reveal, he dropped the word “Congress” from his Twitter bio. A formal resignation would come at an “appropriate time”, he said.

Pulling no punches, Singh also predicted the Congress’s downfall in Punjab – in the run-up to the polls – and called his rival Navjot Singh Sidhu a “childish man” who had been given a serious job (state party chief).

“I have been in politics for 52 years. I have my own beliefs, my own principles. The way I have been treated… if there is no trust, what is the point of me staying in the party?”

Before quitting on September 18, Amarinder Singh had told Sonia Gandhi that he had been humiliated by the party.

On the big question that all, including the Congress, have for him after his meeting with Amit Shah, Singh asserted: “I am not joining the BJP”.

Navjot Sidhu, who played a big role in the two-time Chief Minister’s abrupt exit, has also stunned the party by resigning as Punjab Congress chief.

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