"Once A Soldier...": Amarinder Singh A Congress Leader And Something More
NDTV
Thinker, writer, soldier. Amarinder Singh may have resigned as Punjab Chief Minister, but he will remain in the state's political landscape.
It is yet unclear if Captain Amarinder Singh will remain in the Congress after, in his own words, having been "humiliated" into resigning as Punjab Chief Minister. It is even less clear if he would join other parties, be it the BJP, old rival Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), or newbie Aam Admi Party (AAP).
One would have thought Mr Singh's party-hopping days were over in his early political career. The man, after all, had joined the Congress, moved to SAD and split that party, and then returned to the Congress -- all in the 1980s.
Ironically, he has been forced to quit at a time when the Congress itself is seen preferring another politician, Navjot Singh Sidhu, who joined the party after spending some years with rivals, over the veteran himself.
Yet, the 79-year-old has undeniably remained a towering presence in Punjab's political landscape for years even though his party itself has withered away in many other parts of the country in recent times.
