The Congress on Monday suspended Navjot Kaur Sidhu, the wife of former cricketer and party leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, two days after she claimed that a person who gives “a suitcase of Rs 500 crore” becomes the chief minister.

The party’s Punjab unit stated that she had been suspended from the primary membership “with immediate effect”.

The former Punjab Congress chief’s wife made the remark on Saturday while speaking to reporters in Chandigarh after meeting Governor Gulab Chand Kataria.

She said that her husband was “strongly attached” to the Congress, adding that the cricketer-turned-politician would return to active politics if the party announces him as the chief ministerial face.

Punjab is expected to head for Assembly elections in 2027.

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