Ex-Punjab CM Amarinder Singh to be next Governor of Maharashtra : Report

New Delhi, January 27: Amarinder Singh, former chief minister of Punjab, is likely to be appointed the new Governor of Maharashtra. The development comes days after incumbent Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari expressed his desire to step down from the post.

 

 

Koshyari, who has faced Opposition criticism and demands for his resignation over various issues throughout his tenure, said on Monday that he had conveyed his desire to step down to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

 

 

 

“During the recent visit of the Prime Minister to Mumbai, I have conveyed to him my desire to be discharged of all political responsibilities and to spend the remainder of my life in reading, writing and other activities. I have always received love and affection from the Hon’ble Prime Minister and I hope to receive the same in this regard,” Koshyari said in a statement released by Raj Bhavan.

 

Amarinder merged his party Punjab Lok Congress with the BJP last September. He had floated the party before the Punjab Assembly elections. In November 2021, he resigned from the Congress after the appointment of Navjot Singh Sidhu as the president of the Punjab Congress Committee.

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