Badal resigns as CM; Punjab Assembly dissolved

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday tendered his resignation from the post following the defeat of the SADBJP alliance in the state Assembly elections

Updated At : 07:02 PM Mar 12, 2017 IST

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal interacts with media persons at his residence in Badal village on Saturday. Tribune photo

Ruchika M Khanna

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 12

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday tendered his resignation from the post following the defeat of the SAD-BJP alliance in the state Assembly elections.

Accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and eight other ministers, Badal submitted his resignation to Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore at the Raj Bhavan here.

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Only two of four BJP ministers — Madan Mohan Mittal and Sujit Kumar Jiyani — were present. Prominent losers in the Cabinet — Sikandar Singh Maluka and Adaish Pratap Kairon — were also absent.

The SAD patriarch said he accepted people’s verdict and that he would continue to work for Punjab.

Earlier in the morning, Badal chaired his last Cabinet meeting.

Badnore later dissolved the state Assembly.

"In pursuance of powers conferred upon me by sub clause (b) of clause (2) of Article 174 of the Constitution of India, I, V P Singh Badnore, Governor of the state of Punjab, hereby dissolve the 14th Punjab Vidhan Sabha with effect from the afternoon of 12th March 2017," he said in the order.