Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu who recently walked out of jail after serving for 10 months in connection with a road rage case, met Congress's Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Delhi today. He reiterated his "commitment for Punjab".
"You can Jail me, Intimidate me, Block all my financial accounts but My commitment for Punjab and My Leaders will neither flinch nor back an inch!!" he said, sharing a picture with the Congress leaders. He called Rahul Gandhi his mentor and Priyanka his “friend, philosopher and guide”.
On 20 May 2022, Sidhu was sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court in the 1988 road rage case. A 65-year-old man, named Gurnam Singh, had died in the incident.
The top court had in its order said any sympathy in imposing an inadequate sentence would do more harm to the justice system and undermine the public confidence in the efficacy of law.
His counsel HPS Varma said as per the Punjab Prison rules, a convict with good behaviour is entitled to general remission. "He is most likely to be released on Saturday from the Patiala jail," he noted.
