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Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who has been suspended from the Congress pursuing her "₹500 crore for Chief Minister's chair" remark that sparked a governmental row, has sought information screen from Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
She besides questioned the Chief Minister's "silence" implicit the issues she raised with Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, and accused him of "facilitating liquor and mining mafia".
Ms. Navjot Kaur is the woman of erstwhile Punjab Congress president and ex cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu. Following the "₹500 crore for Chief Minister's chair" remark, the Punjab Congress suspended her from its superior membership.
In a station connected X connected Friday (December 12, 2025) night, she said, "CM Bhagwant Mann ji, I deliberation I request immoderate information now, oregon other you volition beryllium responsible. And kindly reply wherefore determination is nary effect from your broadside connected my issues raised earlier the Honourable Governor of Punjab? Why are you facilitating the liquor and mining mafia?”
Along with it, she besides posted a transcript of the memorandum mentioning issues which she raised with the Punjab Governor successful her caller meeting. In it, Ms. Kaur had alleged a "land scandal" being tally by the Bhagwant Mann government.
She had claimed that immoderate "bigwigs" had grabbed onshore holdings successful the "protected wood onshore astir the Shivalik hills and the CM was trying to regularise it." In a gathering with the Governor, Mr. Kaur had besides alleged that instrumentality and bid was "deteriorating" successful the State.
She had besides lashed retired astatine erstwhile Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who, successful an interrogation with PTI Videos, said Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu and his woman Ms. Navjot Kaur Sidhu were some "unstable".
Mr. Amarinder Singh had accused Ms. Navjot Kaur of lying, saying the Congress should region her from the party. Mr. Sidhu should absorption connected cricket commentary, which helium was bully at, the erstwhile CM had remarked, adding that "politics is not successful his nature.”
In a station connected X, Ms. Kaur said, "Captain Amarinder Singh, you person truthful galore questions to reply which volition not acceptable into my 100 tweets. Let's commencement with your files you wanted Navjot Sidhu to close, and helium refused; City Centre lawsuit file, registration of onshore sharks' onshore holdings astir the prohibited Shivalik range.”
"Captain Amarinder Singh , I conscionable wanted to adhd ; wherefore didn't you wide Navjot Sidhu's files which were truthful important for Punjab's growth? Mining Policy, Liquor policy, Travel and Medical tourism, Amritsar Gondola project, Garbage Disposal Project, Trans piracy successful Local Bodies by placing tenders connected National sites, Film metropolis projects, Water sports projects, Sports parkland successful Ranjit Avenue, Culinary universities for Punjab?" she posed.
Mr. Amarinder Singh resigned from the CM's station successful September 2021 pursuing a combat wrong the Congress's State unit. After Congress’s Charanjit Singh Channi became the Chief Minister, Mr. Amarinder Singh discontinue the enactment and formed a caller outfit, which merged with the BJP successful 2022.
