Chandigarh: Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh is likely to be the next Governor of Maharashtra. It is being speculated that the top leadership of the BJP has reached an agreement on this.
The talk of handing over the new role to Captain is also hot because Captain has a good relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP has already inducted Amarinder into the 83-member national executive.
Asked about captain’s elevation as governor, Punjab BJP president Ashwani Sharma said he was not aware of it yet.
The discussion on Captain’s new role intensified when Home Minister Amit Shah canceled the Patiala rally of January 29. With this rally, BJP’s Lok Sabha election campaign was going to start in Punjab. Preparations for the rally had been completed and the captain was given the command.
Bhagat Singh Koshyari, the current Governor of Maharashtra, has been in controversy for some time now. Last week, he had said that he had expressed his desire to step down during his meeting with Prime Minister Modi.
After this, the appointment of a new Governor in Maharashtra is considered to be fixed. Retired Army captain Amarinder Singh has merged his party Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) with the BJP.
Captain Amarinder Singh’s name also came up for the post of Vice President. However, the BJP later fielded former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as its candidate.