‘Whenever a dictatorship has come, a revolution has come as well, and today I say the revolution’s name is Rahul Gandhi,’ Navjot Singh Sidhu said after coming out of jail.
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Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, after spending about 10 months in Patiala’s central jail, was released on Saturday (April 1). Supporters and Congress leaders had gathered outside the prison to welcome him back. Sidhu’s son Karan Sidhu, while speaking to reporters, expressed the family’s eagerness to see him released and said that it had been a tough time for them. Several posters and hoardings of Navjot Sidhu have been put up in Patiala city to welcome him.
The former cricketer turned politician was sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court over the death of 65-year-old Gurnam Singh in a road rage case in 1988. He went to jail on May 20, 2022. Sidhu’s lawyer, HPS Varma, stated that the early release was due to his good conduct during his imprisonment.
On Friday, Punjab Minister Brahm Shankar Jimpa said that the Punjab government has no objection to the release of Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Party workers and supporters are ecstatic about the release of Navjot Sidhu, and dhol players have been arranged to welcome him. Former MLA Navtej Singh Cheema expressed that the people of Punjab are eagerly waiting for Sidhu to be released.
While addressing media outside Patiala Jail, former PPCC chief said he was working for the state and not his family. “I am working for the state and not my family. I am doing everything for Punjab’s next generation. My wife was fighting cancer but “rashtra dharam” is supreme,” he said.
While addressing media outside Patiala Jail, former PPCC chief said he was working for the state and not his family. “I am working for the state and not my family. I am doing everything for Punjab’s next generation. My wife was fighting cancer but “rashtra dharam” is supreme,” he said.
Chiding centre, Sidhu said they were playing ‘divisive politics’ in the state. “Dictatorship in this country is bad. Ambedkar’s idea of united India is being destroyed. Wherever Hindutva idea doesn’t work and where minority is ruling, centre gets indulged in divisive politics,” he said.
Sidhu called his one-year jail term unjustified and said his release today was deliberately procrastinated so his supporters and media leave from outside. “Put me in any jail. No one served even one week in jail under Section 323 but I served one year. Government delayed my release only to ensure that my supporters and media leave from outside,” he said.
He lambasted Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal over the promises they made during polls in the state. He also said justice in Bargari issue was delayed because of the aforementioned duo.