Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh set to join BJP next week

Singh, a former Congress leader, had floated the PLC last year after quitting the party following his unceremonious exit as chief minister and bitter tussle with Navjot Singh Sindhu.

In his resignation letter to Congress chief Gandhi, Singh had said, “Despite my profound reservations and over the unanimous advice of almost all the MPs from Punjab, you chose to appoint an acolyte of the Pakistani deep state Navjot Sidhu who had publicly hugged the Pakistan Army Chief Gen Bajwa and Prime Minister Imran Khan, as the President of the Punjab Congress Committee."

Amarinder Singh was then replaced by Charanjit Singh Channi.

In the 2022 Punjab Assembly election, the two-time Punjab chief minister lost from his home turf Patiala Urban seat by a margin of 19,873 votes. He was defeated by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Ajit Pal Singh Kohli who won the seat with 48,104 votes.

In the Punjab polls, the AAP had witnessed a landslide win. The party won 92 seats, making a clean sweep in the state. The Congress was relegated to the second position in the state, losing power.