Twist given to straight comment, says Navjot Kaur Sidhu after controversy over her 'Rs 500 crore' remark
CHANDIGARH: After a political backlash, Congress leader Navjot Kaur Sidhu said her remark, 'Rs 500 crore for chief minister's chair' was twisted and said she gave a very 'straight comment'.
Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur and former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that the high command should take note of it.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar had advised Kaur to get admitted to a mental health facility for her “Rs 500 crore for CM post” remark.
"I am shocked to see the twist given to a straight comment saying that our Congress party has never demanded anything from us. On being asked about Navjot becoming a CM face from any other party, I stated that we have no money to offer for a CM post," Kaur said in a post on X on Sunday evening.
Responding to her remark, Member of parliament from Gurdaspur and former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that the party made Sidhu a minister and also president of the Punjab unit of the Congress.
"I want to ask him how much money did he give and to whom for that? The status of party chief is higher that the Chief Minister. Levelling such allegations when you have served as party president is anti-party. The high command should take note of it,’’ he said and added that Sidhu has not been active for four years but has started levelling allegations as assembly polls are scheduled for 2027.
Former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife, Navjot Kaur Sidhu, had triggered a row on Saturday by claiming that "one who gives a suitcase of Rs 500 crore becomes the CM". She had said her husband would return to active politics if the Congress declares him as the party's chief ministerial face in Punjab.
Following her statement, the BJP and AAP claimed that her comments exposed the "ugly truth" of how the grand old party functions, and the "money bag politics" it indulges in.