Ludhiana/Moga (June 01, 2014) : In the row of resignation of Punjab Finance Minister (FM) Parminder Singh Dhindsa, his father Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa admitted on the behalf of the FM that Parminder had offered resignation but Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal did not accepted the same.
“Parminder Dhindsa had offered to resign to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal after I lost in Sangrur parliamentary elections. It was just an offer accepting the mandate of the people of Sangrur but he never submitted the resignation”, said Senior Dhindsa to Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) over phone.
Meanwhile, a spokesman of Punjab chief minister’s office also released a statement in the row that FM never resigned from his post.
The resignation row of Punjab Finance Minister and son of Member Rajaya Sabha Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa rocked Punjab politics on Sunday after a news portal Yes Punjab reported the news of resignation. According to media reports, Parminder Dhindsa had resigned from his post as FM just after results of LS elections were out. Junior Dhindsa is out of India on a personal tour these days.
Senior Dhindsa lost recent Lok Sabha elections with a margin of 2.11 lakh votes to comedian turned politician and Aam Admi Party (AAP) candidate Bhagwant Mann.
