CHANDIGARH, 27April, 2021 (TON): Punjab Cabinet minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who faced criticism over his Congress government's 'failure' in cases of sacrilege as well as the associated police firing in 2015 resigned from his post in protest on Monday.

Also, the party's state unit chief, Sunil Jakhar, announced in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh that he is sending his resignation to party President Sonia Gandhi over the issue.

At the meeting, the Chief Minister, who tried to calm the situation, tore their resignations and assured them that the culprits would be brought to justice soon.

Two days ago, Randhawa had told the media, "Someone's responsibility has to be fixed for this inexplicable delay. Our own government is also responsible for it. Four years of our government gone, and we could not even submit challans in time."

However, even Amarinder Singh's former Cabinet colleague and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu had questioned him for 'evading' responsibility as the Home Minister in the 2015 sacrilege case.