India
oi-Deepika S
Chandigarh, Sep 18: Amid reports of resignation, Chief minister Amarinder Singh will address a press conference at Punjab Raj Bhawan Gate at 4:30 pm today.
In a tweet, the media adviser said, “Punjab Chief Minister @capt_amarinder will address a press conference at Pubjab Raj Bhawan Gate at 4:30 pm.”
The development comes hours after Captain was believed to have told his friends in the party, Kamal Nath and Manish Tewari, that he “cannot continue in the party with this kind of humiliation”.
Sidhu’s principal strategic adviser and former IPS officer Mohd Mustafa in a tweet said it is the time to have a “Congress CM” after a “long agonising wait” of four and a half years.
“Today is the time for course correction,” said Mustafa referring to the meeting. Mustafa’s wife Razia Sultana is a cabinet minister in the Amarinder Singh-led government.
Earlier, reports had surfaced that a…