Chandigarh: Punjab Pradesh Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from his post after AICC President Sonia Gandhi sacked the party’s chief in the five states.

The outspoken Congress leader has sent his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi and the same has been posted on his Twitter account, Mr. Sidhu stated that “As desired by the Congress President I have sent my resignation”.

Mr. Sidhu who projected himself as a mass leader and contended for the next CM of Punjab lost the Amritsar East seat to Jeevanjyot Kaur of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) by a margin of over 6,000 votes. While he polled 32,929 votes, Ms Kaur received 39,520 votes.

Former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh was told six months back, ‘Sidhu will be a disaster for Punjab, Punjab will not safe in his hands. Now many Congress dissent leaders have said that what Captain was told six months back is true.

On Tuesday, the Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had tweeted that the resignations were sought to "facilitate the reorganisation" of the state Congress units.

"Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi has asked the PCC Presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa & Manipur to put in their resignations in order to facilitate the reorganisation of PCC's," he tweeted

What huts more to the Congress was, soon after AAP’s landslide victory, Mr. Sidhu had drawn flak for praising the people of Punjab for making an "excellent" decision to usher change by bringing the Aam Aadmi Party to power.

When asked how he can say that being the Congress president, he had asserted that the people have chosen change and they are never wrong. "The voice of the people is the voice of God. We should understand with humility and bow to it," he said.

Mr Sidhu himself many factors contributed to Congress's dismal performance in the State. Infighting within Congress is also one of the reasons for the poll debacle of the grand old party in the border state.

Mr Sidhu directly clashed with former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh leading to the latter's unceremonious removal and appointment of Mr Channi as the Chief Minister just months before the polls.

While the Congress blamed the poll defeat on anti-incumbency during Captain Singh's 4.5 years as the state's top executive, the rebel Congress veteran lashed out at the top leadership and said they "will never learn".

AAP has registered a landslide victory in Punjab by winning 92 seats in 117 member-Assembly. Congress has saw a sharp decline in its vote share compared to the 2017 Assembly elections. Congress Chief Minister Charanjit Singh lost both the seats he contested.