Amarinder Singh says 'will form new party' ahead of elections in Punjab

On Sidhu's tweet directed at him, Amarinder said that he knows nothing and talks too much. "I never spoke to Amit Shah or Dhindsa over this, but I will. I want to be strong to fight Congress, SAD, AAP. I will talk to them, we will put up a united front to defeat these," he said.

On Centre's three farm laws, Amarinder Singh said that around 25-30 people will be meeting the Home Minister on this issue soon.

On Navjot Singh Sidhu, Amarinder said that his party will win against from wherever he contests. "As far as Sidhu is concerned, wherever he fights from we will fight him," he said.

Amarinder Singh didn't disclose the name of the party, but the former Punjab CM said that he will form a new party. Singh said that the party will contest all the assembly seats. Punjab has 117 seats. The state will go to the polls early next year. 

Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that he will float a new political party in Punjab ahead of the next year's assembly polls. 

On the other hand, I was Punjab Home Minister for 9.5 years. Somebody who has been the Home Minister for 1 month seems to say that he knows more than me...Nobody wants a disturbed Punjab. We must understand we have been through very difficult times in Punjab: Capt Amarinder Singh

Amarinder Singh said that in the course of these 4.5 years that I was there, here are all the papers on what we have achieved. "This is our manifesto of when I took over. This is our manifesto of what we have achieved," he said.

Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife, Navjot Kaur Sidhu, has attacked Amarinder Singh over his plan to float a new political party. "Amarinder Singh never came out of his farmhouse in the last four and a half years, and now, he suddenly talks about floating a party," she said, adding that Amarinder already had a party and he could have done some work in the last over four years.

Amarinder Singh had resigned as the Punjab Chief Minister last month amid a bitter power tussle with Punjab Congress chief Sidhu. After resigning, he had said that he felt “humiliated”. The Congress replaced Singh with Charanjit Singh Channi.

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has said that if Amarinder Singh floats a new political outfit, he would be making a “big mistake”. Singh's face in Punjab will be “scarred”, Randhawa said, and added that the Congress gave respect to Amarinder Singh and he enjoyed several posts in the party.

Speculation is rife that Amarinder Singh could announce the formation of a new political party to contest the Punjab Assembly elections next year. Singh had resigned as CM of Punjab following a tussle with Navjot Singh Sidhu.

Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh is scheduled to hold a press conference at the Hotel Hyatt Regency in Chandigarh today. The announcement was made on Twitter by Singh's media advisor Raveen Thukral.