Saturday, December 20, 2025
ADVT 
India

Away From Limelight Since Resigning, Navjot Sidhu Inaugurates Streetlight Project

Darpan News Desk IANS, 08 Aug, 2019 07:57 PM
  • Away From Limelight Since Resigning, Navjot Sidhu Inaugurates Streetlight Project

Having stayed away from the limelight after his resignation as Punjab Cabinet minister last month, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday inaugurated a streetlight project in Amritsar East, his assembly constituency.


Sidhu also allowed local residents, especially children, to get selfies clicked with him.


A large number of people assembled at the site to have a glimpse of the former minister.


However, he continued to maintain distance from the media.


Before going to his assembly constituency, Sidhu paid obeisance at Gurdwara Nanaksar in Verka here.


Sidhu also met his supporters, including municipal councillors from his constituency.


The cricketer-turned-politician had skipped the monsoon session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha.


Sidhu, who is at loggerheads with Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, had resigned as a minister last month after his portfolio was changed in a Cabinet reshuffle in June.


The Punjab CM had divested Sidhu of the Local Government and Tourism and Cultural Affairs Departments and allotted him the Power and New and Renewable Energy portfolio.

MORE India ARTICLES

Indian On Trial For Molesting 7-Year-Old Girl In Dubai

Indian On Trial For Molesting 7-Year-Old Girl In Dubai
A 36-year-old Indian man accused of groping a seven-year-old girl here has denied a molestation charge at the Dubai Court of First Instance.

Indian On Trial For Molesting 7-Year-Old Girl In Dubai

Give Up Arms: Jammu And Kashmir Governor Invites Terrorists For Talks

Give Up Arms: Jammu And Kashmir Governor Invites Terrorists For Talks
Satya Pal Malik said the problem of terrorists exists in Kashmir not only due to unemployment among youth, but also because politicians have been misleading the people for the past several decades.  

Give Up Arms: Jammu And Kashmir Governor Invites Terrorists For Talks

Awarded Cartoon On Bishop Mulakkal To Get Relook After Protest

Following protests from the Kerala Catholic Bishops Conference (KCBC), the state-run Kerala Lalithakala Akademy on Wednesday decided to re-examine

Awarded Cartoon On Bishop Mulakkal To Get Relook After Protest

PM's Mann ki baat to resume on June 30

PM's Mann ki baat to resume on June 30
Modi had signed off the last episode of the radio programme in February ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

PM's Mann ki baat to resume on June 30

India may have witnessed worst-ever summer

The national capital saw mercury being over 45 degree Celsius for many days in the past two weeks while it touched 48 degree Celsius on Monday "hottest ever day in June.

India may have witnessed worst-ever summer

Terrorism a joint threat, needs collective action: Modi

Terrorism a joint threat, needs collective action: Modi
Modi is the first foreign leader to visit Sri Lanka after the horrible terror attack of April 21 that killed over 250 people and was claimed by the Islamic State.

Terrorism a joint threat, needs collective action: Modi