Overview
- Navjot Kaur Sidhu, suspended from Congress for her ₹500 crore-for-CM comment, publicly attacked Punjab unit leaders and said she does not recognise state chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring.
- She alleged corruption in ticket distribution, accused Warring of selling a Tarn Taran ticket, and claimed some leaders sought to legalise large Shivalik land encroachments.
- Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa served a legal notice demanding an apology for alleged defamatory remarks, with similar notices sent by Anil Joshi and Tarn Taran bypoll candidate Karanbir Burj.
- BJP leader and retired bureaucrat Jagmohan Singh Raju asked the Punjab Vigilance Bureau to conduct a time-bound inquiry into Kaur’s allegations of graft within Congress.
- Kaur said her comments were distorted, asserted that a majority of Punjab Congress leaders and the AICC back her, and clarified she did not claim anyone directly sought money from her.