Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu met party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Delhi on Thursday, days after he was released from jail in a 1988 road rage case. Sidhu said he can be jailed or intimidated but he will not backout from his commitment towards Punjab or his leaders.
"Met my Mentor Rahul ji and Friend, Philosopher, Guide Priyanka ji in New Delhi Today. You can Jail me, Intimidate me, Block all my financial accounts but My commitment for Punjab and My Leaders will neither flinch nor back an inch!!," he tweeted along with a picture of him with the Gandhi siblings.
The Congress leader walked out of Patiala central jail on April 1, ten months after he was sentenced to one-year imprisonment by the Supreme Court in the 34-year-old case in which he allegedly thrashed one Gurnam Singh, who later died in hospital.
Several party leaders including Amritsar MP Gurjit Aujla and former Punjab Congress chief Shamsher Singh Dullo were present outside the jail to welcome him.
Soon after coming out of jail, Sidhu had taken a swipe at the BJP, saying democracy is in chains in the country.
“I was supposed to be released around noon but they delayed it. They wanted media people to leave. Whenever a dictatorship came to this country a revolution has also come and this time, the name of that revolution is Rahul Gandhi,” he said.
Sidhu had further alleged that there is a conspiracy to impose President's rule in Punjab. “They are trying to weaken Punjab. I stand like a wall with Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and every Congress worker," he said.