Not becoming a member of BJP, however might be leaving Congress: Amarinder Singh

Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh has mentioned he might be leaving the Congress however not becoming a member of the BJP, a day after he went to satisfy Home Minister Amit Shah.

“I have not resigned from the Congress yet. But I will resign. I am not one of those who take decisions in the split of a second,” Singh advised the NDTV in an interview on Thursday.

“I have made my position clear that I will not be treated in this manner. I have been in the party for 50 years,” Singh mentioned

He categorically mentioned he isn’t becoming a member of the BJP, rejecting hypothesis that has been mounting since he was pressured out as CM by the Congress excessive command.

“Whatever will happen, you will get to know,” he replied when requested whether or not he might be floating a brand new social gathering after leaving the Congress.

This is the primary time Singh is speaking about his future plans because the Congress management acquired him to resign on the insistence of the camp led by PCC president Navjot Singh Sidhu.

He mentioned within the interview that he acquired a name from Congress president Sonia Gandhi at 10.30 am asking him to give up, and that with none questions he went to satisfy the governor by 4pm.