Sukhbir Badal resigns as Punjab deputy chief minister

Sukhbir Singh Badal resigned from his post as he was Punjabs deputy chief minister on Wednesday, less than six months after being sworn in as second in command to his father Parkash Singh Badal.
Chief Minister Badal confirmed that his son had put in his papers. He did not clarified when he would forward the resignation for acceptance by the Punjab governor.
Badal junior resigned as he was not able to get himself elected to the Punjab assembly within six months of being sworn in.
Officials in the Punjab Raj Bhawan in Chandigarh specified the resignation had not been forwarded for acceptance to Punjab Governor S F Rodrigues by him till Wednesday evening.
Badal senior heads the Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance government in the state from  March 2007. And Sukhbir Badal is the Akali Dal president.
Badal junior was the sitting MP of the ruling Akali Dal when he was sworn-in as deputy chief minister in Amritsar city on Jan 21 this year itself at a public ceremony with a lot of fanfare. The way for his induction was paved after his brother-in-law Bikram Singh Majithia resigned from his work as a  cabinet minister.
Though it was speculated that some sitting legislator would vacate an assembly seat for Sukhbir Badal, but unfortunately that did not happen and he could not get elected to the state assembly within six months as required by law.
It is being speculated within Akali Dal circles that Sukhbir Badal would contest the assembly polls again in August from the Jalalabad assembly seat in Ferozepur district.