Her remark had whipped up a political controversy on Saturday when she reportedly alleged that “one who gives a suitcase of Rs 500 crore becomes the chief minister’’. She stated this while replying to a question during her interaction with newspersons after meeting Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria over the issue of the law and order situation in the state.
Navjot Kaur Sidhu, former Punjab legislator and wife of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, a former Punjab Congress chief, was suspended from the primary membership of the Congress on Monday, days after she reportedly remarked that “one who gives a suitcase of Rs 500 crore becomes the chief minister’’.
The announcement about her suspension came from state party chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on X in which he shared the party’s official letter about it.
Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu has been suspended from the Congress party with immediate effect. pic.twitter.com/8dGjNaLn5n
— ANI (@ANI) December 8, 2025
Her remark had whipped up a political controversy on Saturday when she reportedly alleged that “one who gives a suitcase of Rs 500 crore becomes the chief minister’’. She stated this while replying to a question during her interaction with newspersons after meeting Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria over the issue of the law and order situation in the state.
The said comment was lapped up by the rival political parties which targeted the Congress over its “internal functioning’’ ahead of the 2027 assembly polls.
However, sources held that the party took a serious note of her remarks which seemed to be aimed at the state leadership with the state rural polls – Zila parishad and Panchayat Samiti election – being around the corner