Punjab Congress crisis: Ambika Soni declines CM post offer, say sources

Congress leader Ambika Soni has declined the offer to be the next chief minister of Punjab, sources said.

Congress leader Ambika Soni has declined the offer for the post of the next Punjab chief minister, sources said.

A veteran Congress leader and a Gandhi loyalist, Ambika Sonia was brought into the party by Indira Gandhi in 1969. Her father was the district collector of Amritsar during the partition and worked closely with Nehru.