Two more Congress MLAs expressed disappointment today for being ignored in the expansion of the Punjab Cabinet, hours before the scheduled swearing-in of the new ministers.
Navtej Singh Cheema and Gurkirat Singh Kotli voiced their unhappiness a day after another Congress legislator Sangat Singh Gilzian resigned from All India Congress Committee (AICC) and as Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee vice president over the issue.
Congress finalized the names of nine new ministers yesterday after meetings, spread over two days, between party chief Rahul Gandhi and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in New Delhi.
Khanna MLA Gurkirat Singh Kotli, who is the grandson of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, said "old and traditional" families that have won elections for the party should have been considered for Cabinet berths.
"I meet all the criteria for becoming a minister but a junior person has been inducted. I fought three elections and won twice," Navtej Singh Cheema said.
Cheema, who is from Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala district, said he was disappointed that the Doaba region was "ignored."
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