Badal resigns as CM

Chandigarh, March 12 : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday tendered his resignation from the post following the defeat of the SAD-BJP alliance in the state Assembly elections. Accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and eight other ministers, Badal submitted his resignation to Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore at the Raj Bhavan here.
Only two of four BJP ministers — Madan Mohan Mittal and Sujit Kumar Jiyani — were present. Prominent losers in the Cabinet  — Sikandar Singh Maluka and Adaish Pratap Kairon — were also absent.The SAD patriarch said he accepted people’s verdict and that he would continue to work for Punjab.Earlier in the morning, Badal chaired his last Cabinet meeting.The SAD-BJP alliance won only 18 seats.