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These leaders said ignoring members of OBC and SC communities could ‘prove costly’ for the party during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections The two leaders said their discontentment was over non-representation of the OBCs and SCs in the state cabinet. “However, we feel that we have been unable to keep these promises and thus decided to resign from the party posts,” he said.He said it was for the party high command to make certain that all communities were given due representations in the state cabinet. However, the two would continue as party legislators and work for the people.The two leaders held a press briefing at Dirbha in Sangrur district where they announce their decision. PATIALA: Unhappy over non-inclusion of OBC and SC community representatives by the party while expanding the Punjab cabinet , two more Congress legislators- Amargarh MLA Surjit Dhiman and Balluana MLA Nathu Ram have also resigned from the party posts on Saturday.While Dhiman is the vice president of the state Congress, Nathu Ram holds the post of general secretary..