Chandigarh, Soon after the Supreme Court imposed a one-year jail term on him in a 1988 road rage case, former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Thursday he “will submit to the majesty of law.” Sidhu was in Patiala to take part in a protest against inflation. “Will submit to the majesty of … Read more
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday said the party lost the Punjab elections because of the “mafia raj” that prevailed in the state and it now needed to reinvent itself, while praising Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as a younger brother and an “honest man“. He said he will support Mann, whose Aam Aadmi Party … Read more
Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday skipped a meeting held by newly-appointed Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring with several party leaders from Amritsar. The cricketer-turned-politician was also not present when Warring later met the municipal councillors of the Congress in Amritsar. Asked about Sidhu’s absence from the meetings, Warring said the former state Congress … Read more
Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday targeted AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal over the 2015 sacrilege issue, asking who was stopping his party’s government in the state from taking action against those involved in the desecration of religious text. Sidhu, the former Punjab Congress chief, shared a video clip from last year in which … Read more
Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Friday accused Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu of having “failed” the people of Amritsar East as their representative as he filed his nomination papers from the assembly constituency here. Majithia also alleged that Sidhu, who is the sitting MLA from Amritsar East, has not done anything … Read more
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has courted controversy while praising two party members, allegedly saying that they are capable of making policemen wet their pants. Former chief minister Amarinder Singh and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Daljit Singh Cheema slammed him over the purported remark and a Chandigarh police officer sent him a defamation … Read more
Reiterating that issues related to Minimum Support Price (MSP) are bigger than the farm laws, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday alleged that Centre is planning to end MSP, Public Distribution System (PDS), government procurement and food security for the poor. The PCC chief further claimed that small farmers need the Punjab government’s … Read more
Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday once again trained his guns on former state chief minister Amarinder Singh, calling him a “fraud”, “coward” and a “crybaby”. Sidhu also dubbed the former CM as a “spent cartridge” and a “dying duck in a thurderstrom, a lost cause”, a day after the veteran leader resigned … Read more
All matters will be resolved and the party’s agenda implemented, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said on Monday, a day after the Congress‘ Punjab unit chief made public his letter to Sonia Gandhi flagging several issues. On Sunday evening, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi held a meeting with Sidhu. Minister Pargat Singh, considered … Read more
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has called an extended CWC meet on Saturday, taking no chance against change seekers in the Congress Working Committee, even though they are just a handful. She rejected Ghulam Nabi Azad’s demand that only full-fledged members be invited to discuss the state of the party and leadership. The establishment has … Read more