Summary:
Chandigarh, Nov 2 (PTI) Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday resigned from the Congress and announced the name of his party--Punjab Lok Congress--just months before the Assembly polls.
The party will be formally launched later and the Election Commission has no objection to its name, he said.
The move by the former CM came days after he dismissed reports of back-end talks with the Congress, saying the time for rapprochement is over.
In his seven-page resignation letter, Amarinder Singh also slammed the Gandhis for a "conspiracy" to oust him from the state government.
In the letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, he listed out his achievements as chief minister.
He also lashed out at Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and senior party leader Harish Rawat.