New Delhi: Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, who spent about 10 months in Patiala’s central jail, was launched on Saturday (April 1). Although he was anticipated to be launched from jail at midday, the method appeared to have gotten delayed by a number of hours. Supporters and Congress leaders had gathered exterior the jail to welcome him again. Sidhu’s son Karan Sidhu, whereas talking to reporters, expressed the household’s eagerness to see him launched and mentioned that it had been a troublesome time for them. Several posters and hoardings of Navjot Sidhu have been put up in Patiala metropolis to welcome him.
#WATCH | Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu launched from Patiala jail, roughly 10 months after he was sentenced to one-year jail by Supreme Court in a 3 many years previous street rage case pic.twitter.com/kzVB2vMnpk
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The former cricketer turned politician was sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court over the dying of 65-year-old Gurnam Singh in a street rage case in 1988. He went to jail on May 20, 2022. Sidhu’s lawyer, HPS Varma, acknowledged that the early launch was as a consequence of his good conduct throughout his imprisonment.
On Friday, Punjab Minister Brahm Shankar Jimpa mentioned that the Punjab authorities has no objection to the discharge of Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Party employees and supporters are ecstatic concerning the launch of Navjot Sidhu, and dhol gamers have been organized to welcome him. Former MLA Navtej Singh Cheema expressed that the individuals of Punjab are eagerly ready for Sidhu to be launched.
The launch of Sidhu has been extremely anticipated and his supporters are wanting ahead to his subsequent transfer.
