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Preneet Kaur is the wife of former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh (File photo: @preneet_kaur)
The remarks came a day after Patiala MP Preneet Kaur was suspended by the Congress and also asked her to explain why she should not be expelled for anti-party activities.
Patiala MP Preneet Kaur on Saturday said whatever decision the Congress wants to take is welcome but she has always given her best to the party.
His remarks came a day after the Congress suspended him and also asked him to explain why he should not be expelled for anti-party activities.
Kaur is the wife of former chief minister Amarinder Singh, who joined the BJP after being expelled from the Congress.
“Whatever decision the Congress wants to take is welcome. I have always given my best to the party and the people who have elected me time and again.
I am indebted to him and will continue to serve him as always. I get my strength from my people. Everything else is secondary,” Kaur said on Twitter on Saturday.
Congress disciplinary panel member secretary Tariq Anwar had said the action against her came following complaints by the party’s Punjab unit chief Amarinder Raja Waring and other state leaders that she was helping the BJP in the state.
“The Congress President has received a complaint from PCC Punjab President Amarinder Singh Raja Waring that Patiala MP (Lok Sabha) Preneet Kaur is indulging in anti-party activities to help the BJP.
“Some other senior Congress leaders from Punjab also share this view,” Anwar said in a statement.
This was not the first time that Kaur was issued a show cause notice by the party.
In November 2021, the Congress issued him a show cause notice seeking an explanation for his alleged “anti-party activities”. Media.
In May last year, Punjab Congress chief Waring had also said that Kaur was no longer with the party.
In the 2022 state assembly elections, Kaur also campaigned for her husband Amarinder Singh, who contested as an ally of the BJP.
Kaur has been an MP in 1999, 2004 and 2009. She lost the Patiala Lok Sabha seat in 2014, but won again in 2019.
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