Punjab Chief Minister C🔴haranjit Singh Channi on Friday submitted his resignation to Go𒊎vernor Banwarilal Purohit following his party's drubbing in the Assembly polls.
The Channi-led cabinet in a virtual ඣmeeting here recommended dissolution 𒆙of the Assembly, paving the way for the constitution of a new cabinet by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
The Congress was ওrouted in the polls with AAP taking 92 seats in the 117-member assembly, leaving it with only 18 seats. The AAP sweep decimated the SAD-BSP combine as well. While the Shiromani Akali Dal got three seats, the BJP got two and the BSP just one.
Several stalwarts like Channi, Parkash Sin☂gh Badal, Sukhbir Singh Badal, Amarinder Singh an🌞d Navjot Singh Sidhu were defeated. Channi lost both seats he contested.
"Aꦏfter calling the cabinet, we recommended the dissolution of the 15th Vidhan Sabha to the governor," Channi told🌟 reporters here.
"I have tendered my resignꦜation to the governor," said Channi, who went to the Raj Bhawan to hand over his ꦺresignation, a day after the election results.
"We accept the verdict of people. We will continue to serve them," adde🌸d Channi.
To a question whether people did not like his 111-day tenure as the CM, Channi said he urges the 🌊next government to continue the decisions taken by his government such as red🍎uction in electricity rates, slashing of fuel prices besides that of sand and gravel.
"We💖 have urged the new government to continue these decision𒁃s, which we took in 111 days," he said.
Channi said people wanted change and ﷺvoted for it.
"We expect that t🌠hey (AAP) will live up to the dreams, which they showed to people. We will fully cooperate with the next gov🧸ernment," said Channi.
Later, a spok♒esperson at the Chief Minister's Office said the Punjab governor is authorised to dissolve the state legislature as per sub-clause (b) of clause (2) of Article 174 of the Constitution.
This move being a Constitutional necessity will pave the way for the formation of the𒊎 16th Punjab Vidhan Sabha.
At the end of the cabinet meeting, Channi🌠 thanked his cabinet colleagues, officers and employees for overall development and maintaining peace and tranquillity in the state during his tenure.
