The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, on Saturday resigned from primary membership of the party. “The state BJP president, Vijay Sampla, has accepted the resignation of Navjot Kaur Sidhu from the primary membership of the party,” the BJP said in a press release. The burden is over,” Dr Sidhu had said in her Facebook announcement on April Fools’ Day. Within the BJP, meanwhile, no one is shedding tears over Dr Sidhu also leaving the saffron party. Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, on Saturday resigned from the primary membership of the BJP.

Source: Hindustan Times October 08, 2016 12:35 UTC