Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu nowadays published a video message on Twitter thanking all his supporters, an afternoon after he changed into launched from prison after a 10-month jail term. “Gratitude ….. take a bow to all folks that waited given that 10 withinside the morning until 6 withinside the evening , towards all odds,” he captioned the video displaying his supporters ready to greet him outdoor the jail gates yesterday. The video confirmed them showering petals because the former Punjab Congress leader got here out of the Patiala prison.
Mr Sidhu went to prison ultimate yr in a 1988 case wherein a person he had crushed up in the course of a street rage incident had died. Mr Sidhu and co-accused Rupinder Singh Sandhu had been acquitted through a decrease courtroom docket earlier than the excessive courtroom docket observed them responsible and sentenced them to 3 years in prison. The challenged the order in Supreme Court.
In 2018, the Supreme Court held him responsible for voluntarily inflicting harm however acquitted him of the price of culpable murder now no longer amounting to murder. Following a evaluation petition through the own circle of relatives of the victim, Gurnam Singh, the Congress chief changed into sentenced to 12 months in prison.
After being launched from prison, Mr Sidhu released an assault on the BJP-led vital authorities, saying “democracy is in chains”.
“Punjab is the protect of this country. When dictatorship got here on this country, a revolution additionally got here, led through Rahul Gandhi,” Mr Sidhu stated.
He alleged that the centre desires to impose President`s rule withinside the country, now dominated through the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
“I need to invite my little brother (Chief Minister) Bhagwant Mann. Why did you idiot the human beings of Punjab? You made tall promises, cracked jokes. But you’re simply Chief Minister on paper nowadays,” stated Mr Sidhu.
The feedback come towards the backdrop of the Punjab Police’s ongoing pursuit of separatist preacher Amritpal Singh. As the chase enters its 2nd week, the country authorities has been going through grievance over its lack of ability to arrest the Waris Punjab De chief.
