Badal resigns as Punjab CM

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday resigned.

He submitted his resignation to Governor V.P. Singh Badnore following the defeat of the Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance in assembly elections.

Badal, 89, held the last meeting of his outgoing cabinet on Sunday which recommended the dissolution of the 14th Punjab assembly.

The Akali Dal-BJP combine finished third in the election. The Congress swept the polls, winning 77 of the 117 seats. The Aam Aadmi Party finished second with 20 seats.

The Akali Dal-BJP alliance managed only 18 seats.

--IANS

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