TIL Desk Tellywood/ Punjab’s new tourism minister Navjot Singh Sidhu is not new to controversies. Neither does he shy away from them. The cricketer-turned politician, who took oath as a cabinet minister in the Captain Amarinder Singhs government on Thursday, was given the portfolios of Local Government and Tourism & Culture Affairs.
Sidhu has however decided to continue being a part of the Kapil Shama comedy show on Sony Entertainment channel. This has provoked immense controversy as many Congress leaders are opposed to this decision. As an aside, both Sidhu and Kapil Sharma are Amritsari munde, but the point is that Sidhu’s decision to continue being on the show means he ges a monetary benefit.
As an MP this attracts the Office of Profit clause and Congress leaders are now considering writing to the Election Commission and the Governor of Punjab to restrain Sidhu. What the Congress doesn’t realise is that the Office of Profit Clause (a) of Article 102 of the Constitution of India is applicable only if you hold a government post, irrespective of whether you get monetary benefits.
