Her remarks caused a stir in the Punjab Congress, prompting senior leaders to insist that the Sidhu couple be expelled.
Dr. Navjot Kaur Sidhu, spouse of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, has had her primary party membership suspended effective immediately. The move occurred days after the ex-MLA asserted that “a briefcase full of Rs 500 crore” was needed to assume the Chief Minister position in the state, an amount she claimed her spouse could not afford.
She likewise asserted that five chief minister candidates in the Congress were undermining the party.
While the suspension letter signed by PPCC chief Amarinder Raja Warring did not provide an official reason, sources indicated that the party viewed her comments seriously, as they appeared to target Punjab Congress leaders while party leaders were focused on the Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections.
Her remarks caused a stir in the Punjab Congress, prompting senior leaders to insist that the Sidhu couple be expelled. The suspension was viewed as a disciplinary measure, conveying a message to dissatisfied leaders who had been challenging the state’s top leadership previously.
“A remark from Dr. Sidhu had impacted the party nationally as the BJP and AAP were leveraging it against Congress,” stated a senior party official.
Dr. Sidhu, who visited Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Saturday regarding the state’s law and order issues, told reporters that there were conflicts within the party but mentioned that her husband would re-enter active politics if the Congress named him as its chief ministerial candidate in Punjab.
After explaining that her “straight comment” was misinterpreted, stating that our Congress party has not requested anything from us, she had earlier in the day told an electronic channel that the Tarn Taran party candidate had bribed the top state leadership.
