Navjot Kaur Sidhu | |
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Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
In office 6 March 2012 –8 October 2016 | |
Preceded by | Gian Chand Kharbanda |
Succeeded by | Navjot Singh Sidhu |
Constituency | Amritsar East |
Personal details | |
Born | Ludhiana,Punjab,India | 15 June 1963
Political party | Indian National Congress (2016–present) |
Other political affiliations | Bharatiya Janata Party (till 2016) |
Spouse | Navjot Singh Sidhu |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Patiala,Punjab |
Occupation | Politician |
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. [1] She is doctor by profession and served in Govt. Rajindra Hospital,Patiala before resigning in January 2012 to enter politics. [2] She is married to former cricketer and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu. [3] They have a son named Karan and daughter Rabia. [4]
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,cricketer-turned-politician 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." [5]
Navjot Kaur exposed a senior state government medical officer running a private hospital in Mohali through a sting operation. [6] 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. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Navjot Kaur Sidhu | 33,406 | 36.30 | ||
IND. | Simarpreet Kaur | 26,307 | 28.59 | ||
INC | Sunil Dutti | 25,964 | 28.21 | ||
CPI | Baldev Singh | 3,416 | 3.71 | ||
BSP | Tarsem Singh | 1,667 | 1.81 | ||
Majority | 7,099 | 7.71 | |||
Turnout | 92,054 | 66.18 | New | ||
Registered electors | |||||
BJP win (new seat) |
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