Navjot Singh Sidhu's Sister Alleges He Abandoned Their Old-Aged Mother After Father's Death

The allegations come as Congress is set to announce its Chief Ministerial face for the upcoming Punjab Assembly election soon.

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New Delhi: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu's sister Suman Toor has alleged that he abandoned their old-aged mother after the death of their father Bhagwant Sidhu in 1986.

Sumar claimed that their mother later died as a destitute woman at Delhi railway station in 1989.

Ahead of the next month’s assembly elections, Congress state president Navjot Singh Sidhu has become centre of a new controversy. 

According to news agency ANI, Suman Toor is Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu’s sister who lives in the US. At a press conference, she made serious allegations against her brother.

#WATCH | Chandigarh: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu's sister from the US, Suman Toor alleges that he abandoned their old-aged mother after the death of their father in 1986 & she later died as a destitute woman at Delhi railway station in 1989.

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Suman Toor alleged that the Punjab Congress chief had thrown out his mother Nirmal Bhagwant and sisters from the house after the death of father Bhagwant Sidhu.

“Sidhu abandoned our old mother after the death of our father in 1986 and she later died as a destitute woman at Delhi railway station in 1989,” Suman claimed, as quoted by news agency ANI.

According to her, Navjot Singh Sidhu ended “everything for the sake of money”. She also alleged that in a news article earlier Sidhu had lied about their parents having been separated when he was two years old.

The allegations come as Congress is set to announce its Chief Ministerial face for the upcoming Punjab Assembly election soon. The incumbent CM Charanjit Singh Channi and PPCC president Navjot Singh Sidhu appear to be the top claimants for the same.

Addressing a virtual rally in Punjab, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi had declared that the party’s CM face will be chosen based on the feedback from party workers.

Punjab is set to go to the polls on February 20. The counting of votes will take place on March 10 along with four other poll-bound states.