Former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu has caused a political furore within the Congress by hinting that large sums of cash are exchanged within the party to appoint a chief minister. She also said her husband will return to active politics only if he is offered the CM’s chair.

Navjot Kaur made the comments while speaking to reporters Saturday evening in Chandigarh after meeting Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on issues including “deteriorating” law and order in the state.

Navjot Kaur Sidhu said they do not have any money to give to any party, but can transform Punjab into a “golden state”. Replying to a question, she said her husband is “strongly attached” to the Congress and leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

“But with so much infighting, I do not feel

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