Chandigarh: Former Congress leader and two-time MP from Faridkot Jagmeet Singh Brar on Saturday announced his resignation as Punjab Trinamool Congress chief.Brar, 59, handed over his resignation to Trinamool Congress chief and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata last week.
He wrote the following in his resignation letter to Banerjee, “Despite my repeated efforts to contact you, both from Delhi as well as Kolkata, I, along with my supporters, have been left completely disheartened. I’ve invested both energy and means in our common cause, but it shows that you’ve lost interest in Punjab. Therefore, I hereby resign from the presidentship of the Punjab TMC with immediate effect.”