Amarinder Singh To Take Oath As Punjab Chief Minister On March 16
Amarinder Singh will meet Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on March 14.
After guiding the Congress to a thumping victory in the state assembly polls, senior party leader Captain Amarinder Singh is set to take oath as the chief minister of Punjab on March 16.
Talking to media outside Punjab Raj Bhawan here on Sunday, he said that he will go to Delhi on March 14 to meet Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and discuss formation of the new government. The oath ceremony will take place on March 16, he said.
He refused to comment on the number of ministers who will be part of the new cabinet. He said the Congress government will be accountable to the people of the state.
Amarinder earlier met Governor V P Singh Badnore to stake a claim to form the government in the state.
He was also unanimously elected as Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader by the newly elected party MLAs in a meeting held at the party office here.
MLAs Navjot Singh Sidhu (Amritsar East), Pargat Singh (Jalandhar Cantonment), Raj Kumar Verka (Amritsar East) were present at the meeting.
Congress ended the SAD-BJP combine's 10-year regime, bagging 77 seats, one short of two-third majority.
Rookie Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) managed to get 20 seats, while SAD-BJP won 18 seats. Two seats went into the kitty of AAP’s ally Lok Insaf Party (LIP).
Amarinder Singh’s winning margin of 52,407 votes from Patiala was the highest in the 117-member Punjab Assembly. He nearest rival was Balbir Singh of AAP.
