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Navjot Kaur Sidhu

Indian politician (born 1963)

Summary

Indian politician (born 1963)

Field	Value
birth_date
birth_place	Ludhiana, Punjab, India
residence	Patiala, Punjab
occupation	Politician
spouse	Navjot Singh Sidhu
children	2
party	Unaffiliated
otherparty	Indian National Congress (2016–2025)
Bharatiya Janata Party
(till 2016)
office	Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
constituency	Amritsar East
term_start	6 March 2012
term_end	8 October 2016
predecessor	Gian Chand Kharbanda
successor	Navjot Singh Sidhu
nationality	Indian

Bharatiya Janata Party (till 2016)

Navjot Kaur Sidhu (born 15 June 1963) is an Indian politician and former member of Punjab Legislative Assembly. She was elected to assembly in 2012 from Amritsar East as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party.

She was appointed Chief Parliamentary Secretary. She is doctor by profession and served in Govt. Rajindra Hospital, Patiala before resigning in January 2012 to enter politics. She is married to former cricketer and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu. They have a son named Karan and daughter Rabia.

Career

Kaur announced her resignation from the BJP on her Facebook page, before launching an attack on Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in another post. Navjot Kaur, who along with her husband, Navjot Singh Sidhu, had not been enjoying the best of relations with her party's Punjab unit as well as the SAD leadership, posted a message on 1 April 2016. It said, "Finally I have resigned from the BJP. The burden is over."

Navjot Kaur exposed a senior state government medical officer running a private hospital in Mohali through a sting operation. The then central Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad invited Sidhu, to become a member of the National PNDT Committee for reforms in the Health Department.

Electoral performance

References

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/navjot-kaur-quits-congress-targets-state-chief-warring-101769887362824-amp.html
"The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Jalandhar Edition". Tribuneindia.com.
"Punjab Poll 2012 : Navjot Kaur Sidhu resigns from the health department | Day & Night News".
"Navjot Kaur Sidhu | Region in pics | Photos Punjab". Hindustan Times.
(13 January 2012). "Interview Navjot & Navjot".
(1 April 2016). "'The burden is over': Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife quits BJP on Facebook".
(2012-01-21). "Sidhu's wife pitted against another greenhorn in Amritsar (E)". Indian Express.
"The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Jalandhar Edition".

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