About a year ago, when Navjot Singh Sidhu replaced the then CM Captain Amarinder Singh, he emerged as the biggest face of Congress in Punjab politics. His stars were on the horizon. His name was everywhere. Kejriwal was also keen to include him in his party. But when he reached Patiala Jail at around 4 pm today, his stars were seen coming on the floor. The panic on the extinguished face was clearly telling the condition of alive heart Sidhu.
Seeing Sidhu’s current condition, one becomes completely convinced that bad times never come by speaking. The Supreme Court considered its decision insufficient, in which he was released after paying a fine of only 1000 rupees. The court said that it is an insult to the judgment that in such a serious case, such a short sentence was given. People go to the court with the belief that they will get justice. The punishment given to Sidhu is a travesty of justice. This will send a wrong message to the society. The court ordered to send Sidhu to jail for one year.
Following the order of the Supreme Court, Sidhu reached Patiala Jail at 4 pm on Friday. His remaining one year will now be spent there. The special thing is that when Sidhu comes out of jail, what will be his future. It is certain that he will remain politically meaningless. The Congress had turned its back on him only after sitting on his head when he resigned after Amarinder’s resignation from the post of CM. This step of his was very much a threat to the Gandhi family because he had made Sidhu the PPCC President by keeping everyone at bay. Sidhu left no stone unturned to show him the mirror.
Recently, Sidhu was leaving no chance to attack the Congress. He also started raising questions on the Gandhi family. A few days ago, when he came to meet CM Bhagwant Mann, he saw the garden. When Prashant Kishor started criticizing the Congress, he did not leave any stone unturned to make fun of the Gandhi family even by tweeting a picture with it. The Congress was already in a mood to show him the way out. But before that the decision came.
It’s hard to believe that the Congress will keep its doors open for Shari when she returns from jail. At present, the biggest name in Punjab politics is Kejriwal’s party. Sidhu was trying to get hold of the CM of Delhi through Bhagwant Mann. But now his own stars have come under fire. He will even hesitate to meet Sidhu now. BJP has become alien forever, so the question of going to Akali does not arise. Shari is his known enemy.
1988 was the case
The Supreme Court has sentenced Sidhu to one year in a 34-year-old road rage case. In a road rage incident in Punjab in 1988, an elderly man was killed by Sidhu’s punch. In this case, the Supreme Court had earlier acquitted Sidhu of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and imposed a fine of one thousand rupees. But while hearing the review petition in this case, now the top court has sentenced Sidhu to one year.
In 1988, Sidhu had an argument with 65-year-old Gurnam Singh over car parking in Patiala, Punjab. Gurnam died in this. His family had filed a CD of a TV show in the Supreme Court in 2010. In this, Sidhu was accused of admitting to killing Gurnam. Sidhu was acquitted in 1999 by a lower court in Punjab. But in December 2006, the Punjab-Haryana High Court convicted Sidhu and another for culpable homicide not amounting to murder under 304-II and sentenced him to three years’ imprisonment. In 2018, the Supreme Court had acquitted Sidhu of the charges of culpable homicide and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000.