DK Shivakumar asks Navjot Kaur Sidhu to 'get admitted to mental hospital’ for her 'Rs 500 cr' remark

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday advised Congress leader Navjot Kaur Sidhu to get admitted to a mental health facility for her “Rs 500 crore for CM post” remark.

Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, had triggered a row on Saturday by claiming that “one who gives a suitcase of Rs 500 crore becomes the chief minister,” drawing strong response from the BJP and AAP over the Congress’s functioning.

Responding to her remark, Shivakumar, also state Congress president, said, “Let her be admitted to a hospital, some good mental hospital.”

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Sidhu had said her husband will return to active politics if the Congress declares him as the party’s chief ministerial face in Punjab, ahead of the 2027 polls.

She said they do not have money to give to any party but can transform Punjab into a "golden state".

“We always speak for Punjab and Punjabiyat...but do not have Rs 500 crore which we can give to sit in the chief minister’s chair,” she told reporters on Saturday after meeting Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on issues, including alleged deterioration of law and order in the state.

When asked if anybody demanded money from them, she said that was not the case but that the “one who gives a suitcase of Rs 500 crore he becomes the CM”.

She later claimed that a twist was given to her straight comment.

“I am shocked to see the twist given to a straight comment saying that our Congress party has never demanded anything from us. On being asked about Navjot becoming a CM face from any other party, I stated that we have no money to offer for a CM post,” Kaur said in a post on X on Sunday evening.