Suspended Congress leader Navjot Kaur Sidhu has sought security from Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann even as she slammed his government for “facilitating liquor and mining mafia”.
Navjot, who was suspended from the Congress following her “Rs 500 crore for chief minister’s chair” remark, did not give reason for the demand. She also questioned the chief minister’s “silence” over the issues she raised with Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria.
In a representation to Kataria recently, Navjot had raised several issues, including encroachments in Shivalik Hills. Navjot Kaur is the wife of former Punjab Congress president and ex-cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu.
In a post on X on Friday, she said, “CM Bhagwant Mann ji, I think I need some security now, or else you will be responsible. And kindly answer why there is no response from your side on my issues raised before the honourable Governor of Punjab? Why are you facilitating the liquor and mining mafia?” Reacting to it, the CM on Saturday told reporters, “Why does she first give such statements. First they fight amongst themselves and then she is asking me for security.”