Navjot Sidhu – President of Punjab Congress resigns

Navjot Singh Sidhu, president of the Punjab Congress, said on Wednesday that he sent a terse one-line resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi “as desired” by her, even as party MPs from the state blamed a slew of leaders and decisions by the central leadership for the party’s defeat in the Assembly elections.

Sidhu’s resignation and meeting with Sonia came a day after the party president instructed chiefs in five states where the party performed poorly in the recent Assembly elections to resign.

Sidhu tweeted his one-line resignation letter – I hereby resign as President (PCC) – to Sonia, adding, “as desired by the Congress President, I have sent my resignation…”