Navjot Singh Sidhu walks out of jail after 10 months

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu walked out of jail on Saturday evening after spending 10 months in a jail in Punjab’s Patiala city in a road rage case.

The Congress leader had surrendered before a Patiala court in May after the Supreme Court sentenced him to one year in jail in the case. Sidhu had hit a person named Gurnam Singh on December 27, 1988 following an argument. Singh had died after the incident.

After being released, Sidhu alleged that he was supposed to be out much earlier, but the jail authorities delayed the procedure as they wanted mediapersons to leave. He also told reporters that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will put an end to what he described as dictatorship in the country.

“Whenever a dictatorship came to this country, a revolution has also come and this time, the name of that revolution is Rahul Gandhi,” he said. “He will rattle the government.”

Sidhu also alleged that a conspiracy was being planned to put Punjab under President’s rule.

I was supposed to be released around noon but they delayed it. They wanted media people to leave. Whenever a dictatorship came to this country a revolution has also come and this time, the name of that revolution is Rahul Gandhi. He will...

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