New Delhi: BJP MP and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu resignation from Parliament was as dramatic as his commentary.
Sidhu resigned from the Lok Sabha on Friday after a court found him guilty of culpable homicide. Speaker Somnath Chatterjee refused to accept his letter in its “present form”. Sidhu first said he won’t write a new letter and then said he would.
"I am writing a fresh letter in accordance with the rules," Sidhu said, changing his mind in less than two hours after declaring that he would not send a fresh resignation letter to the Speaker.
Earlier on Friday, Sidhu had ruled out writing a fresh resignation letter.
“I resigned to clear my own conscience. Politics is not a profession for me; it is a mission. My not being an MP doesn't change my dedication towards politics,” he told CNN-IBN.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court found Sidhu, MP from Amritsar, guilty of causing the death of Patiala resident Gurman Singh in 1988 with whom he had a scuffle over parking.
Hours after the court’s order, Sidhu drove to Parliament and gave his resignation letter to Speaker Somnath Chatterjee.
"In an 18-year-old case arising out of an alleged road rage, the honorable High Court has passed an adverse order against me holding me guilty. The High Court will hear my lawyers on Wednesday with regard to the quantum of punishment,” said Sidhu after giving his resignation.
"Without resorting to technical arguments with regard to what the quantum of punishment will be and my right to challenge the judgement in appeal, I tender my resignation as member of Lok Sabha," said Sidhu, who was elected from Amritsar in the 2004 general elections.
He said in his letter that he had always stood for truth and moral grounds and these principles "are above any office or power that I hold".
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