Amritsar: Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu, chief Parliamentary Secretary and Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Amritsar East, on Friday announced her resignation on Facebook.


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Earlier, reports said that he announcement on Facebook was April Fools' Day prank. However, her next post cleared the air.


 


Notably, Navjot Kaur, who along with her husband, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, had been upset with BJP's Punjab unit as well as the Shiromani Akali Dal leadership.


 


Here is what she posted on Facebook:



 


A popular Jat-Sikh face, Navjot Singh Sidhu had to pay the price for his run-ins with Punjab's dominant Badal family when he was dumped by the BJP in the 2014 General Elections. There were rumours that the cricketer-turned-politician could leave the party ahead of Assembly Elections in Punjab. His wife's resignation from the party has come as a shock. This move has given impetus to speculations Sidhu will also quit BJP and the couple may join Aam Aadmi Party.