Chandigarh, April 7 Two months after she was expelled from the Punjab Congress, former MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu has announced the launch of a new political party – the Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Party.
Kaur, wife of former cricketer and ex-Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, made this announcement on the microblogging site X late Monday night.
The Punjab Congress had suspended Kaur for sparking a political controversy with her remark about "Rs 500 crore for the chief minister's chair."
She was later expelled from the party following her repeated criticism of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring.
In a post on X on Monday night, Kaur described her move as a "much-awaited announcement."
She shared a picture of herself along with another person, with the party banner – Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Party – in the background.
"The much-awaited announcement: We have been working on a new alternative at a national level, after carefully monitoring and reviewing the current standards of performance of political leaders," Kaur's post read.
"We simply want to dedicate our lives to our country, giving back to the people what they truly deserve and expect from us. This is a divine intervention, bringing together like-minded individuals who have the ability, confidence, courage, and determination to work together in each state, with the common goal of providing justice and peace, and through love, working with the energy of higher consciousness to deliver exactly what Waheguru Ji desires from us," she wrote.
Kaur further stated that she would lead Punjab to achieve its long-lost glory as a "Golden State," "where people know about the power of love, sharing, justice, the right to liberty, freedom, and working with a purpose of selfless service and spiritual growth to achieve their goals, values, and vision without any outside interference."
Kaur was elected as an MLA from Amritsar East in 2012 on a BJP ticket and had also served as the chief parliamentary secretary (health).
She joined the Congress along with her husband ahead of the 2017 assembly elections.
Kaur had been attacking Punjab Congress chief Warring, accusing him of "damaging" the state unit and calling him "the most horrific, incapable, and corrupt president ever."
She had also launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
On February 6, Congress general secretary in charge of Punjab, Bhupesh Baghel, announced that Kaur had been expelled from the party.