My wife never lies, says Navjot Singh Sidhu; Punjab CM clarifies

TIL Desk/National/Amritsar/ Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has defended his wife’s remarks blaming the state Congress leadership for denying her a ticket from Amritsar. Reacting to his colleague’s assertion, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh sought to clarify that Sidhu’s wife was offered either Amritsar or Bathinda seat, “but she refused to contest on either of the seat.”

“My wife has that much strength and moral authority that she will never lie. This is my answer,” Sidhu told when asked about his wife’s allegations that she was denied party ticket from Amritsar at the instance of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and party’s Punjab affairs in-charge Asha Kumari.

Navjot Kaur, a former Bharatiya Janata Party legislator from Amritsar (East), on May 14 blamed the Chief Minister for denying her a Lok Sabha ticket either from Chandigarh or Amritsar. She said Sidhu would not campaign for his party in his home state as the Chief Minister has told him not to do so.