Navjot Singh Sidhu addressing a press conference
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who recently quit the Rajya Sabha, addressed a press conference on Monday.
Here are the highlights
Here are the highlights
- I resigned from the Rajya Sabha because I was told not to look towards Punjab. In fact, I was told to stay away from Punjab.
- The biggest dharm of all dharams is 'Rashtra Dharm'.
- Party is not above Punjab, cannot leave the people who voted for me
- If there is not dharm bigger than rashtra dharm, then tell me, how am I supposed to leave my roots.
- How can Navjot Singh Sidhu leave the soil he belongs to.
- How can I leave those people. I have won four times. I can understand if you say that I won the first time because of being a 'celebrity'... but the second time on wards you win because of the good work you do.
- After winning four elections, if I am told that stay away from Punjab... I ask why? Am I guilty of something? Have I done anything wrong? How can they expect me stay away from Punjab.
- No political party is bigger than 'Punjab'.
- If this was the first time, I could still understand, they made a mistake... but this is the third or fourth time.
- Till the time I was the MP from Amritsar, I never went home... gave my everything. When they asked me to step down during the case.... I stepped down immediately.
- Then I was told to stand from Kurukshetra.... Then they said stand from west Delhi, to which I refused.
- Now they say, stay away from Punjab. This is not acceptable.
- If I ever have to choose between my party, family and Punjab... I will always choose Punjab over everything and everyone else. There is no doubt in my mind about it.
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