Navjot Sidhu Quits as Punjab Congress Chief, Sonia Meets Party MPs From State

Sonia Gandhi will meet the party's MPs from Punjab at the Congress Parliamentary Party office on Wednesday.

A day after Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked the chiefs of five states where Assembly elections had recently concluded to step down, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu officially resigned from his post.

Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, 16 March, Sidhu posted a one-line resignation letter captioned: "As desired by the Congress President I have sent my resignation...(sic)."

Meanwhile, Sonia Gandhi met the party's MPs from Punjab at the Congress Parliamentary Party office, news agency ANI reported.

As desired by the Congress President I have sent my resignation … pic.twitter.com/Xq2Ne1SyjJ

— Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) March 16, 2022