After an almost four-year hiatus, the Sidhus have again kicked up a storm in Punjab politics.

Navjot Kaur Sidhu, the former Amritsar East MLA and wife of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu , stirred the pot last Saturday with her comment that they did not have “Rs 500 crore to give just to sit in the CM’s chair”. This rankled the Congress more than its opponents, with the party suspending her on Monday and a party colleague initiated legal action against her.

“We always speak for Punjab and Punjabiyat… we don’t have Rs 500 crore to give just to sit in the CM’s chair. No party has demanded money from us, but whoever gives a Rs 500 crore suitcase becomes CM,” she said after meeting Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria to discuss the state’s “law and order”.

Though Kaur on Tue

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