Former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh (file photo)
Days after former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh resigned from the Congress, the Election Commission has received an application from an association seeking to register itself as a political party named Punjab Lok Congress. Singh had announced during his resignation that he would launch a political party under the name.
"An application for registration of a political party under section 29A of Representation of the People Act, from an association wanting to be registered as a political party under name of Punjab Lok Congress party, has been received in the ECI," a source in the Commission said. The application is under process, they added.
The 79-year old leader resigned earlier this month, accusing party president Sonia Gandhi and leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi of hatching a midnight conspiracy to oust him from the party.