Unpaid electricity bill lands Navjot Singh Sidhu in controversy
The Hindu
Congress MLA has dues of over ₹8 lakh for his Amritsar residence
Former Punjab Cabinet minister and Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu landed himself in the thick of controversy over an unpaid electricity bill of over ₹8 lakh for his Amritsar residence. Mr. Sidhu found himself on the back foot on Friday when, in a series of tweets, he advised Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to resolve the ongoing “power crises” in the State. However, he invited criticism from several quarters after it came to light that he himself was one of the State’s biggest individual defaulters in electricity dues. A day after the controversy erupted, Mr. Sidhu’s wife Navjot Kaur on Saturday came out to clear the air.
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