Congress leader Navjot Kaur Sidhu has ignited a major political row in Punjab after claiming that it allegedly takes “Rs 500 crore in a suitcase” for anyone to become the state’s chief minister.

Her remark, made while asserting that her husband Navjot Singh Sidhu would return to active politics only if the Congress declared him its CM face, has triggered sharp political backlash and revived internal rumblings within the Punjab Congress unit.

Speaking to reporters after meeting Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Saturday, Navjot Kaur said they “speak only for Punjab”, but lack the kind of money she alleges influences top political appointments.

“We do not have Rs 500 crore to give to sit in the chief minister’s chair,” she said, adding that no one had demanded money from them but “the one w

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