Chandigarh: AICC Treasurer Pawan Kumar Bansal has confirmed that Brahm Mohindra and Sukhjinder Randhawa and be the two new Deputy Chief Ministers of Punjab.

Sharing a message on Twitter Bansal noted, "Heartiest congratulations to @Charnjit_channi for elevation as #PunjabCM and @BrahmMohindra & @Sukhjinder_INC  as Dy CMs. Best wishes for their grand success in the service of Punjab under the leadership of Smt.Sonia Gandhi and Sh @RahulGandhi,'' confirmed the names and congratulated the two leaders for their elevation as Deputy CMs of Punjab. 

Earlier, state party in-charge Harish Rawat had mentioned "There will be two Deputy Chief Ministers in the Punjab government. There is a Sikh community in the state, so now one Deputy Chief Minister will be from the Jat Sikh community and the other will be from the Hindu community." Randhawa is a Jat Sikh and represents Dera Baba Nanak seat in the Legislative Assembly. Brahm Singh Mohindra, who comes from the Hindu community, represents Patiala rural.

Senior Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh had on Saturday stepped down from the post of Punjab Chief Minister following months of infighting between him and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. He submitted his resignation to state Governor Banwarilal Purohit. Singh, after his resignation, said that he felt "humiliated" adding that he had been summoned thrice by the central leadership in the past two months.

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