Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 6 (ANI): Former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, lodged in Patiala central jail, was admitted to Chandigarh's PGIMER on Monday afternoon.

New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): AICC in-charge of Punjab Harish Chaudhary has recommended disciplinary action against former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, sources said on Monday.

Chandigarh Apr 21 PTI Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday dubbed Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as a rubber doll alluding to the Opposition charge that the state government is being run by the AAP leadership from Delhi He claimed that the law and order situation in Punjab has deteriorated drastically under the Mann government with 40 people killed in a month Sidhu along with former MLAs Navtej Singh Cheema and Ashwani Sekhri met Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit here and raised several issues including the law and order situation in the state After the meeting the Congress leader said Does he Bhagwant Mann care about Punjab The chief minister has become a rubber da gudda rubber doll Sidhu told reporters Punjabs CM should be ankhila a self-respecting man who could not be pulled by strings Sidhu added Someone is playing the game but someone else is dancing and speaking The person who is playing the game while sitting in Delhi is the masquerader and he is getting unmasked said Sidhu in an apparent dig at AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal The former Punjab Congress chief said the law and order situation in the state has deteriorated drastically under the Mann government He claimed 40 people have been killed in the state in the last month Sidhu alleged the Punjab government is using the police force to target those who raise their voice against Kejriwal You are politicising the police force to use it for your own interests he said attacking the AAP government Whether it is badlav change or badla vendetta vendetta politics has started he said Sidhus remarks came a day after the Punjab Police visited the homes of former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas and Congress Alka Lamba in connection with a case registered over inflammatory statements against Kejriwal Both leaders have been summoned for questioning on April 26 Targeting the Aam Aadmi Party Sidhu accused it of selling lies to people in order to grab power in Punjab You sold lies and dreams but you do not have resources to fulfil them said Sidhu What was the need for making tall promises he asked while pointing out that Punjabs financial position was the worst in the country He said 85 per cent of the states revenue is being spent on salaries pension and repaying debt On the electricity front the former Punjab Congress chief asked the Mann-led government how it will meet the rising demand Today the demand for power has reached 8000 MW and the government is unable to meet it said Sidhu claiming that thermal power plants are getting shut because of coal shortage When the demand for power reaches 15000 MW then how will they meet it he asked Sidhu demanded that wheat growers be given Rs 500 per quintal for the drop in crop yield because of early onset of heat wave PTI CHS VSD DIV RDK RDK

Chandigarh Mar 26 PTI More than 20 Punjab Congress leaders including former state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu held a meeting at Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala district on Saturday Sukhpal Khaira Congress MLA from Bholath who was present at the meeting said that it was part of efforts to ensure a speedy revival of the party in Punjab He said like-minded Cong MLAs ex-MLAs 2022 assembly election candidates and the former PCC president converged at the residence of former MLA Navtej Singh Cheema at Sultanpur Lodhi Were sure party will take future decisions on merit n honesty in accordance with the mandate of Badlav change said Khaira in a tweet Sidhu who quit as Punjab unit chief on the direction of Congress president Sonia Gandhi following the partys defeat in the recent assembly polls shared a picture of the meeting on Twitter We will fight for Punjabs rights and truth with good intentions and honesty he tweeted Other prominent leaders present at the meeting were MLA Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal Rakesh Pandey Mohinder Singh Kaypee Ashwani Sekhri Nazar Singh Manshahia Pirmal Singh Dhaula and Davinder Singh Ghubaya The Congress received a drubbing in the Punjab assembly polls as it could win only 18 seats The Aam Aadmi Party stormed to power by bagging 92 seats of the 117-assembly segments in the state Navjot Sidhu was also defeated by AAP candidate and political greenhorn Jeevan Jyot Kaur from Amritsar East seat Sidhu had resigned as the partys Punjab chief afterCongress president Sonia Gandhi had asked its state unit chiefs in Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Goa Punjab and Manipur to put in their papers following the poll debacle PTI CHS VSD RT

New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): A day after Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu quit as party unit chief in Punjab, he showered praises on the newly sworn-in Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann for "unfurling a new anti-Mafia era" in the state.

Amritsar (Punjab) [India], March 11 (ANI): A day after Congresss' humiliating performance in Punjab Assembly elections, state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday said that his goal is the development of Punjab and the one who loves Punjab doesn't care about of election results.

Amritsar (Punjab) [India], February 11 (ANI): Days after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi announced Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as the chief ministerial face for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state, party MP Ravneet Singh Bittu on Friday said that Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu will get the post of "Super CM" if the party is voted to power again.

Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], February 7 (ANI): Unleashing a veiled attack on former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh for giving government jobs to sitting MLAs sons during his tenure, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said if he continues to be PCC chief, no MLA's son will get chairmanship, adding that he will resign if it happens.

Amritsar (Punjab) [India], February 6 (ANI): Ahead of the announcement of the Congress chief ministerial candidate for the Punjab assembly elections, party's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday said that everyone will follow Rahul Gandhi's decision.

Amritsar (Punjab) [India], February 4 (ANI): In an apparent dig at the Congress top leadership, Punjab unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday said that the "people at the top" want a weak Chief Minister who can dance to their tunes.