CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress leader and Punjab Medium Industry Development Board (PMIDB) Chairman, Amarjeet Singh Tikka, who was vying for a ticket from the constituency, resigned from the all party posts on Tuesday.

A day after the Congress announced the candidature of Ishwarjot Singh Cheema from Ludhiana South.

In yet another blow to the Congress, senior leader and Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation (PSIDC) chairperson Krishan Kumar Bawa also announced that he would contest the assembly elections as an Independent from Ludhiana West, which is Cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu’s constituency.

Tikka said, “The Congress party has become a one-man show in the city. Ashu has been finishing the party on the ground level. He has been favouring the Bains brothers (LIP president Simarjit Singh Bains and his elder brother Balwinder Bains) by fielding weak candidates in Atam Nagar and Ludhiana South.”

Below is the resignation letter.