Captain Amarinder Singh removes Congress from his Twitter bio

Weeks after he resigned as the Chief Minister of Punjab, veteran Congress leader Amarinder Singh on Thursday changed his Twitter bio.  His present Twitter bio says Amarinder Singh is an Army veteran, the former chief minister of Punjab who is continuing to serve the state. While the announcement came during an exclusive interview of NDTV, Captain's office letter issued a statement confirming that Amarinder Singh will be exiting from the party. However, Amarinder Singh will not be joining the BJP, his office said keeping the guessing game on. 

On the question of whether he will float a new party ahead of the election, Amarinder Singh said people will get to know eventually. Amid speculation of Amarinder Singh's next political move, he met Union home minister Amit Shah at the latter's residence in New Delhi on Wednesday. Following the meeting, Amarinder Singh said he urged Amit Shah to repeal the three farm laws and bring an end to the stalemate situation.A day later, Captain put all speculations to rest as he said that he will not be joining the BJP. The Captain will neither be continuing in the Congress, he clarified, though he is yet to resign from the party. Amarinder Singh said he is not one of those who take decisions in a split second as he needs to weigh the pros and cons, but his exit from the Congress is only a matter of time now as the decision has been taken. Amid the ongoing crisis in Punjab Congress, the former CM also met NSA Ajit Doval at his residence in New Delhi