Chandigarh: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu finally surrendered in a Patiala court today afternoon.

Sidhu surrendered in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Amit Malhan. Earlier

Sidhu had approached the apex court citing ill health and sought a week of time to surrender but the court ruled out his plea. Therefore, he has to surrender before the Patiala court today itself.

Security arrangements were made outside the court by the Patiala police over the surrender of Navjot Sidhu.

No one except Sidhu and the lawyers were allowed inside the court.

Similarly, police force is also deployed near Navjot Sidhu’s house in Yadvindera Colony. Sidhu had earlier sought a few weeks’ time from the Supreme Court to surrender for the one-year jail term awarded in the 1988 ‘road rage’ case citing ill-health.

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Chandigarh: Former Punjab chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday said that his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu is critical serious and undergoing treatment in private hospital.

“Wife was seriously ill for the last two days , was hospitalised yesterday ….. will be operated today at fortis Hospital … praying for a speedy recovery,” Sidhu wrote on Twitter.

Kaur is an Indian politician and former member of Punjab Legislative Assembly. She was elected to assembly in 2012 from Amritsar East as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party.

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Chandigarh: After more than three months of continuous peaceful protest in Faridkot, the kin of Behbal Kalan firing victim and some Sikh organisations blocked National Highway at the Bathinda-Amritsar national highway today, seeking justice in the 2015 desecration cases and subsequent police firing incident

The protesters sat on a dharna by erecting tents on a portion of the highway.

Apart from the victim’s family, Sikh organisations, former Congress minister Navjot Singh Sidhu also participated in the protest.

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Chandigarh: Former Punjab Congress chief and senior Congress leader on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party government and said that the recent actions by the AAP party workers did not square up with Bhagat Singh’s ideology.

Sharing a video clip on his Twitter handle, he wrote, “Change is not necessarily progress.

This is not badlaav that Punjab signed up for. Murders, Car thefts at Gunpoint, Snatching, Hooliganism & Kabza’s… Uncontrolled AAP workers fulfilling selfish motives… Poles apart from S. Bhagat Singh’s ideology of selflessness and sacrifice.”

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Chandigarh: In yet another gesture, former Congress Punjab president Navjot Singh Sidhu praised Aam Aadmi Party’s chief minister Bhagwant Mann.

Sidhu said that he is extremely happy that Mann has ushered a new era in the Punjab to make it free from Mafia.

“The happiest man is the one from whom no one expects … Bhagwant Mann unfurls a new anti – Mafia era in Punjab with a mountain of expectations …hope he rises to the occasion , brings back Punjab on the revival path with pro – people policies … best always,” Sidhu said in a tweet while praising newly elected AAP CM Sidhu.

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Chandigarh: Chandigarh Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Dilsher Chandel has filed criminal defamation plea against Congress PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu ror his contentious remark against Punjab cops during a rally last year.

DSP filed plea before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aman Inder Singh in District Courts, Sector 43 citing that Sidhu has failed to tender an unconditional apology for his comments against the police during a rally in 2021.

Last year, DSP Chandel condemned Sidhu for allegedly lauding an MLA who makes “police wet their pants”. The DSP had described the remark as “shameful” and “an insult to the force”.

At a political rally held in Kapurthala’s Sultanpur Lodhi on 19 December, Sidhu, while sharing the stage with Congress MLA Navtej Singh Cheema, purportedly said that the latter “could make a police officer wet his pants”, and suggested that party workers be like Navtej.

The video of the incident went viral on the social media, following this, DSP, posted a video and condemned Sidhu’s statement.

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Chandigarh: Hours after Punjab Congress chief Navjot Sigh Sidhu announced his resignation from his position, three ministers and five party MLAs visited Sidhu’s house and held a meeting with him on Tuesday night.

Those attended the private meeting were cabinet ministers including Razia Sultana, Pargat Singh and Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and five MLAs including Kuljit Singh Nagra, Inderbir Singh Bolaria, Sukhwinder Singh Danny, Kulbir Singh Zira and Sukhpal Singh Khaira at Sidhu’s residence.

A close aide to Sidhu said that he is not willing to rethink “with present political changes in the government” and could not be a mere “puppet in the hands of the party high command”.

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Chandigarh: A few hours after Punjab Congress chief Navjot Sigh Sidhu on Tuesday announced his resignation from his position, Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh launched a fierce attack on him and called him a “unstable” person.

Captain, while attacking Sidhu wrote, “I told you so…he is not a stable man and not fit for the border state of punjab.”

Sidhu put up his resignation letter addressed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Twitter.

Captain after resigning as Punjab CM had said that he will oppose if Navjot Singh Sidhu is the Congress party’s chief ministerial candidate and termed him” anti-national” by stating that he will never allow Sidhu to come. He is an anti-national element. I will not allow him to become Punjab CM. He is too mixed up with Pakistan

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Chandigarh: Due to mounting pressure from some Congress MLA in Punjab, party high command has called a urgent meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) here on Saturday.

The CLP meeting could spell trouble for Capt Amarinder Singh as this meeting comes two days after several MLAs wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, making it clear that the government cannot move ahead in this fashion,

In a late night development, Punjab Affairs in charge Harish Rawat took to Twitter to make the announcement.

The AICC has received a representation from a large number of MLAs from the congress party, requesting to immediately convene a meeting of the Congress Legislative Party of Punjab. Accordingly, a meeting of the CLP has been convened at 5:00 PM on 18th September, Rawat said.

He further said that Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee office. AICC directs the PPCC to facilitate this meeting. All congress MLAs of Punjab are requested to kindly attend this meeting.

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