Navjot Sidhu Out Of Jail, Has A “Rahul Gandhi Revolution” Message For BJP

Patiala:

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu got here out of jail at the moment, 10 months after he was imprisoned in a highway rage case that killed a person 34 years in the past.

After getting out of the jail in Punjab’s Patiala, Mr Sidhu jumped straight to work.

“Democracy is in chains,” he mentioned, in an obvious swipe on the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“Punjab is the defend of this nation. When dictatorship got here on this nation, a revolution additionally got here, led by Rahul Gandhi,” Mr Sidhu mentioned.

He alleged the centre needs to impose President’s rule within the state the place the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP), a bitter rival of the BJP, is in energy. His feedback come amid the seek for radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, whose personal militia has been accused of attempting to create hassle in Punjab and disturb legislation and order.

“There’s a conspiracy to impose President’s rule in Punjab. They’re attempting to weaken Punjab. I stand like a wall with Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and each Congress employee,” Mr Sidhu mentioned.

“I need to ask my little brother (Chief Minister and AAP chief) Bhagwant Mann. Why did you idiot the folks of Punjab? You made tall guarantees, cracked jokes. However you’re simply Chief Minister on paper at the moment,” mentioned Mr Sidhu, who was launched from jail over eight hours later from the scheduled time at the moment. He alleged the federal government wished the media to go away earlier than releasing him.

The Supreme Court docket in Might final 12 months ordered one-year “rigorous imprisonment” to Mr Sidhu, who had by then stop as Punjab Congress chief after his occasion’s defeat within the state election.

The courtroom judgment got here on a request by the household of the person who died after a struggle with Mr Sidhu and his pal in 1988. The household had requested for a evaluate of a 2018 order from the Supreme Court docket acquitting him of homicide.