New Delhi: Former Faridkot MP Jagmeet Singh
Brar today quit as the Trinamool Congress' Punjab unit
president.
He handed over his resignation letter to TMC chief Mamata
Banerjee, who is also the West Bengal chief minister, at her
residence in Kolkata.
Brar had joined the party and was made its Punjab chief
ahead of the Assembly elections in the state last year.
"Despite repeated efforts to contact you, both from Delhi
as well as Kolkata, I've been left completely disheartened
along with my supporters, he said.
"I've invested my energy and means in our common cause,
but it shows that you've lost interest in Punjab. Therefore, I
hereby resign as president of the Punjab TMC with immediate
effect," Brar said in his resignation letter to Banerjee.
He had earlier quit the Congress due to his differences
with Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ahead of the last
year state polls.
"I will consult my friends and well wishers across Punjab
to decide the future course of action," he said.
Brar was the Punjab Congress' general secretary during
chief minister Beant Singh's tenure, a time when terrorism in
the state was at its peak.
He was also the permanent invitee to the Congress Working
Committee (CWC) for 10 years and the general secretary of the
AICC from 2010 to 2013.
He lost the Lok Sabha elections in 2004 and 2009 and
claimed himself to be a "victim of a dirty gang of SAD and
Congress MLAs".
PTI
