'Much-awaited announcement': Ex-Punjab Congress leader Navjot Kaur Sidhu launches Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Party

NEW DELHI: Former Punjab MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu on Tuesday launched her own political outfit, Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Party, two months after she was expelled from the Congress.Kaur, wife of former cricketer and ex-Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, made the announcement on X late Monday night, calling it a “much awaited announcement.”“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,” her post read.“Just wanting to dedicate our lives to our country, giving back to the people what they truly deserve and expect from us. A divine intervention, which just put together some like-minded individuals who just have the ability, confidence, courage, and determination to work on each state with the common goal to provide justice and peace, and through love, work with the energy of higher consciousness and deliver just what Waheguru Ji desires from us,” she wrote.Kaur added that she would lead Punjab to achieve its “long-lost glory” as a "Golden State," rooted in “love, sharing, justice, liberty, and selfless service,” without outside interference.The Congress had suspended Kaur after her “Rs 500 crore for chief minister’s chair” remark sparked a political row. She had also targeted Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, accusing him of “damaging” the state unit and calling him “the most horrific, incapable, and corrupt president ever.”She was later expelled following repeated criticism of Rahul Gandhi and Warring.Kaur was elected MLA from Amritsar East in 2012 on a BJP ticket. She joined the Congress along with her husband ahead of the 2017 Punjab assembly polls, in which the party unseated the Shiromani Akali Dal–BJP alliance.(With PTI inputs)