Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of cricketer-cum-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, has been suspended from the primary membership of the party with immediate effect. The action came days after the former MLA made a sensational claim that “a briefcase full of Rs 500 crore” was required to become Chief Minister in the state, something she said her husband could not pay. She also claimed that five CM aspirants in the Congress were pulling down the party.

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Though no official reason has been cited in the suspension letter signed by PPCC chief Amarinder Raja Warring, sources said the party had taken a serious view of her utterances that seemed to be taking a dig at Punjab Congress leader

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