Navjot Sidhu resigns as Punjab Congress chief

NEW DELHI: Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday said that he has resigned from the post of the Punjab Congress president.


"As desired by the Congress President I have sent my resignation," he said in a post on his Twitter handle.

Following the party's drubbing in the recently held Assembly elections in five states, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday had asked its state unit chiefs in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur to put in their papers.

His resignation comes exactly 6 days after he lost the Amritsar East seat to AAP candidate

Jeevanjyot Kaur

, as AAP registered a landslide victory in Punjab.

(With inputs from agencies)