Navjot Singh Sidhu

Sidhu was jailed on May 20 last year after the Supreme Court sentenced the former cricketer to one-year rigorous imprisonment over the death of 65-year-old ...

A vocal leader with his own set of staunch supporters, Sidhu surrendered before a court on May 20 last year, after the apex court awarded a one-year jail term to him. But, contrary to the strong buzz at that time, he was not released. During the hearing, the prosecution told the Supreme Court that Sidhu and his friend Rupinder Sandhu were in a vehicle and had an altercation with Gurnam Singh after the latter asked them to give way. He said it had been a tough time for the family but now they were happy to see him coming out of jail. (As informed by the concerned authorities).” According to his lawyer,

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu was released from Patiala jail, approximately 10 months after he was sentenced to one-year jail by Supreme Court in.

Sidhu later had sought special diet provision from the court on grounds that he has been facing health issues including embolism and a liver ailment following which a board of directors on court’s directions examined Sidhu and recommended him a special diet. The district congress committee (DCC) Patiala skipped to reach the venue for his welcome. The inmate was shifted after Sidhu’s complaint. You (CM) are lying before the central government. Wherever the minorities are in majority, the central government conspires to suppress democracy. In Bargari sacrilege, you promised justice to be given within 24 hours but justice is yet to be delivered.

Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday evening walked free after spending nearly 10 months in Patiala Central Jail in a 1988 road rage case ...

None of the senior party leaders were there to welcome the former cricketer. They are trying to weaken Punjab.” Sidhu’s statement came in the backdrop of fugitive pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh’s controversy. “But they stood like a rock and waited for me,” he said. The Congress leader got a 45-day remission for his conduct in the jail. “Institutions have turned slaves and these have been made rubber ‘ke gudde’ (dolls).” He said the Congress is fighting against oppression.

Soon after his release from the Patiala central jail on Saturday, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu slammed the Centre and the Punjab Government while ...

Whenever dictatorship came in the country, a revolution came and today, the revolution’s name is Rahul Gandhi,” he said. Hitting back, the ruling AAP leadership alleged that Sidhu was “behaving as if he had returned after winning a trophy for the country”. Punjab is India’s shield and attempts are being made to break this shield. Punjab is the shield of this country and attempts are being made to break this shield. The motive was to ensure my supporters and the mediapersons leave by the time I walk out free,” he said. A conspiracy is being hatched to impose President’s rule in Punjab,” he claimed while speaking to the media outside the jail.