Navjot Singh Sidhu, who resigned from the Rajya Sabha as a BJP MP, on Monday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi by saying that his wave during 2014 Lok Sabha elections had drowned him as well.
Addressing a news conference, Sidhu said, “When Modi wave came, everyone drowned and they drowned me as well. I was told to fight elections from Kurukshetra and then West Delhi but I said no.”
Sidhu, however, refused to answer a question on whether he will join the AAP.
Sidhu also added that he was being asked to stay away from Punjab.
Sidhu’s wife Navjot Kaur, a Parliamentary Secretary in the Punjab SAD-BJP govt, may also follow her husband by quitting the BJP. Kaur had expressed displeasure about Sidhu’s RS nomination, stating that it did not make sense for him to be in Delhi while he required to be in Punjab serving his constituents.
His statement that ‘in the war of right or wrong, you can’t afford to be neutral’ assumes significance about his feelings for the BJP.
Sidhu had later reportedly described his Rajya Sabha post as “burden” suggesting resentment with his party.
“With the closure of every window leading to Punjab the purpose stands defeated, now a mere burden. I prefer not to carry it,” he was quoted as saying.
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