Overview
- Speaking in Coimbatore, Navjot Kaur Sidhu said Rahul Gandhi is out of touch with ground realities and told him, “you don’t deserve that chair.”
- She alleged members of Gandhi’s inner circle are selling election tickets in Punjab and harming the party’s prospects in the state.
- Sidhu said she sought a meeting with Gandhi for eight months to flag problems in the Punjab unit but never got time with him.
- She claimed promises to the Sidhus were not kept, citing an assured deputy chief minister post with seven departments for her husband and a Lok Sabha ticket for herself.
- Congress has confirmed her expulsion days after she announced her exit, and her remarks add to public dissent within the party and have prompted speculation about a possible BJP return.