Former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu was asked about Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh who has been on the run since March 18. Without directly replying to the question, Sidhu said, “I will visit Sidhu Moosewala’s home. There, I will speak about the law and order situation of Punjab.” After 10 months of rigorous imprisonment, Sidhu walked out of Patiala Jail on Saturday. He was released a few weeks ahead of his scheduled release owing to his good conduct in jail, though the file for his early release was once rejected by the Punjab government.
On May 20, Navjot Sidhu went to jail in a 34-year-old road rage case in which a 65-year-old man died in 1988. On May 29, singer Sidhu Moosewala was killed.
10 things Navjot Singh Sidhu said after release:
1. “There is nothing called democracy. Democracy is in the shackles.”
2. “Punjab is the shield of the country. But there is an attempt to damage that shield.”
3. “A conspiracy is being hatched to impose President’s Rule in Punjab. There is a minority rule (Sikh) in Punjab. Wherever the minority is in majority…the Centre hatches conspiracy. First, they create a law and order problem. And then they put a clampdown and claim that they brought peace.”
4. “If you weaken Punjab, then you will also become weak.”
5. “Whenever there is a dictatorship, a revolution comes. Rahul Gandhi is the name of this revolution.”
6. “Rahul Gandhi is trying to free democracy from its shackles taking inspiration from his predecessors. When a tiger roars, it gets echoed in the entire world — in America, Germany.”
7. “Debate and dissent are essence of this democracy…And your words…what have you not said.”
8. “All agencies are slaves today. They are rubber stamps. They only work for 4-6 people. I am not scared of death. Because what I am doing is not for my family but for the next generation of Punjab.”
9. “I will stand like a wall with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi and with every worker of the Congress in this challenging time.”
10. “Bhagwant Mann is like my younger brother but he remains the akhbari mukhmantri”